Colles' fracture
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Related to Collis fracture: Smith fracture
Colles' fracture
[′kä·lə·səz ‚frak·chər] (medicine)
A fracture of the radius about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) above the wrist with dorsal displacement of the distal fragment.
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