GREENSTICK FRACTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greenstick fracture mean? 

• GREENSTICK FRACTURE (noun)
  The noun GREENSTICK FRACTURE has 1 sense:

1. a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side

  Familiarity information: GREENSTICK FRACTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREENSTICK FRACTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("greenstick fracture" is a kind of...):

incomplete fracture (fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone)