HyperDic: greenstick_fracture

English > 1 sense of the expression greenstick fracture:
NOUNstategreenstick fracturea partial fracture of a bone (usually in children)
English > greenstick fracture: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side.
Broaderincomplete fracturefracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone

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