Read about the potential side effects of common antiemetics used in the treatment of migraine-associated nausea like Compazine, Thorazine, and Reglan. Read about the potential side effects of common antiemetics used in the treatment of migraine-associated nausea like Compazine, Thorazine, and Reglan.
Summary Author: Dave Lynch. A fault is a crack in a rock along which slippage has occurred. If thereâs no movement, the crack is called a joint. Most faults are small, even microscopic. Only the large ones get names, like the San Andreas Fault. The upper picture shows a small fault in fine-grained basaltic rock that was intruded by molten quartz.
Full Definition of FRACTURE. 1. : the result of fracturing: break. 2. a: the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken; especially: the breaking of hard tissue (as bone). 3. : the general appearance of a freshly broken surface of a mineral.See fracture defined for English-language learners.efinition of FRACTURE for Kids. The Latin word frangere, meaning â to break, â and its form fractus give us the roots frag and fract. Words from the Latin frangere have something to do with breaking. Something frag ile is easily broken.