greenstick fracture

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Definitions of greenstick fracture words

noun greenstick fracture an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is still intact. 1
noun greenstick fracture a fracture in children in which the bone is partly bent and splinters only on the convex side of the bend 0
noun greenstick fracture a type of bone fracture, esp. of the long bones of children, in which the bone is bent and broken only on the convex side 0
noun greenstick fracture An incomplete fracture of a long bone in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent. 0

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85; green + stick1

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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