CALAMEDON
\kˈale͡ɪmdən], \kˈaleɪmdən], \k_ˈa_l_eɪ_m_d_ə_n]\
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This word has had various significations. Some have used it for an oblique fracture of a bone; the fractured portions having the shape of the nib of a pen. Others have used it for a longitudinal fracture; and others, again, for one that is comminuted.
By Robley Dunglison
