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Definition of Impacted
1. Adjective. Wedged or packed in together. "An impacted tooth"
Definition of Impacted
1. a. Driven together or close.
Definition of Impacted
1. Verb. (past of impact) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impacted
1. impact [v] - See also: impact
Medical Definition of Impacted
1.
Driven together or close.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impacted
Literary usage of Impacted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"impacted Fracture of the Neck of the Thigh-bone.—Mr. THOMAS BRYANT has published (Afed.
Times and Gaz., April 17 and May 1) fourteen cases of impacted ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1880)
"The trochanter major is not as prominent as upon the opposite side ; and, especially
where the fragments are not impacted, but are completely separated, ..."
3. Dislocations and Joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"Where there is fracture of the neck, even if it is impacted, ... Fortunately,
the rule is that hip fractures are impacted, whether intracapsular or ..."
4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"The symptoms produced by impacted pelvic tumors were often referred to the pelvic
... Again, a tumor impacted in Douglas' pouch possessed more importance, ..."
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