greenstick fracture

Definition of Greenstick Fracture in English :

1. greenstick fracture

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Greenstick Fracture

noun

a fracture in children in which the bone is partly bent and splinters only on the convex side of the bend

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

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.