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Noun: greenstick fracture
  1. A partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side
    "The child's fall resulted in a greenstick fracture of the forearm"

Derived forms: greenstick fractures

Type of: incomplete fracture

Encyclopedia: Greenstick fracture