green·stick fracture (gr n st k )n. A partial bone fracture, usually occurring in children, in which the bone is bent but only broken on one side. |
greenstick fracture [ˈgriːnˌstɪk]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a fracture in children in which the bone is partly bent and splinters only on the convex side of the bend
[alluding to the similar way in which a green stick splinters]
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| Noun | 1. | greenstick fracture - a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side incomplete fracture - fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone |
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