noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Process of rock formation involving breaking of another rock into fragments. uncountable
2. 2
   An instance of this process. countable

Etymology

From micro- + fracturing.

Related phrases

microfracture surgery

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