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A bone fracture (sometimes abbreviated FRX or Fx, F_x, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone. A bone fracture can be the result of high force impact or stress, or trivial injury as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones, such as osteoporosis, bone cancer, or osteogenesis imperfecta, where the fracture is then properly termed a pathological fracture.

Although broken bone and bone break are common colloquialisms for a bone fracture, break is not a formal orthopedic term.