Medical Dictionary

2break

noun

Medical Definition of BREAK

1
a :  an act or action of breaking :  fracture b :  the act of opening a gap in an electrical circuit
2
a :  a condition produced by breaking <the break in her leg> b :  a gap in an otherwise continuous electric circuit
3
:  the occurrence of a disease in a person or especially in a domestic animal supposed to be immune to or to have been completely isolated from exposure to that disease

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