greenstick fracture

green·stick fracture

 (grēn′stĭk′)

n.

A partial bone fracture, usually seen in young people, in which one side of the bone is broken and the other side is bent.

greenstick fracture

(ˈɡriːnˌstɪk)

n

(Pathology) a fracture in children in which the bone is partly bent and splinters only on the convex side of the bend

[C20: alluding to the similar way in which a green stick splinters]

green′stick frac′ture

(ˈgrinˌstɪk)
n.

an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is intact.

[1880–85]

Thesaurus

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