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falcon3624 · 10-20-2003, 08:39 AM

Main Entry: 1break
Pronunciation: 'brAk
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): broke /'brOk/; bro·ken /'brO-k&n/; break·ing
Etymology: Middle English breken, from Old English brecan; akin to Old High German brehhan to break, Latin frangere
Date: before 12th century
transitive senses
1 a : to separate into parts with suddenness or violence b : FRACTURE c : RUPTURE d : to cut into and turn over the surface of e : to render inoperable

By definition dislocating the elbow joint is breaking the arm.

10-20-2003, 08:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
falcon3624 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Louisiana Posts: 946 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Main Entry: 1break Pronunciation: 'brAk Function: verb Inflected Form(s): broke /'brOk/; bro·ken /'brO-k&n/; break·ing Etymology: Middle English breken, from Old English brecan; akin to Old High German brehhan to break, Latin frangere Date: before 12th century transitive senses 1 a : to separate into parts with suddenness or violence b : FRACTURE c : RUPTURE d : to cut into and turn over the surface of e : to render inoperable By definition dislocating the elbow joint is breaking the arm.