the British school has long referred to fractures with an overlying, communicating wound of the integument as compound fractures, the opposite being simple fractures. No fracture should be regarded as simple, and the use of the archaic word compound does not convey the important clinical distinction. Now largely superseded by open fract...
Break in bone which is exposed to external contamination.
(from the article `fracture`) A fracture is called simple (closed) when the overlying skin is not broken and the bone is not exposed to the air; it is called compound (open) when ...
The British school has long referred to fractures with an overlying, communicating wound of the integument as “compound� fractures, the opposite being “simple� fractures. No fracture should be regarded as simple, and the use of the archaic word “compound� does not convey the important clinical distinction. Now large...
Synonym for open fracture ... Fracture in which the skin is perforated and there is an open wound down to the fracture. ... Synonym: compound fracture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
open fracture.
A broken bone where there is exposure of the fractured bone through the skin
Where there is more than one break.
Type: Term Definitions: 1. fracture in which the skin is lacerated and there is an open wound down to the site of the fracture. Synonyms: open fracture
Compound fracture: A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called an open fracture. Note that a 'comminuted fracture' in which the bone is fragmented is distinguished from a 'compound fracture.'Common Misspellings: compound facture
A fracture associated with a break in the skin so that the fracture has been exposed.
Fracture that breaks through the skin; open fracture.
[n] - bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound
a bone break that breaks the skin 
open fracture noun bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound
a fracture in which the broken bone is exposed through a wound in the skin.