WordNet
open fracture
n. bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound [syn: compound fracture]
Wikipedia
Open fracture
Usage examples of "open fracture".
He had sustained an open fracture of the leg, and all the Iraqis had done was give him an open-cast splint and let him get on with it.
It was a clean break, not an open fracture, so there wasn't any of that nasty pulling the bone back under the skin stuff required.