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GREENSTICK FRACTURE

\ɡɹˈiːnstɪk fɹˈakt͡ʃə], \ɡɹˈiːnstɪk fɹˈakt‍ʃə], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈiː_n_s_t_ɪ_k f_ɹ_ˈa_k_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of GREENSTICK FRACTURE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Fracture in which one side of a bone is broken, the other being bent.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

In which only a portion of the thickness of a long bone is involved with bending of the bone at the seat of fracture.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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