greenstick fracture
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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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