GREENSTICK FRACTURE


Meaning of GREENSTICK FRACTURE in English

/green"stik'/

an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is still intact. See illus. under fracture .

[ 1880-85; GREEN + STICK 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .