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greenstick fracture

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green·stick fracture (grnstk)
n.
A fracture in which one side of the bone is broken and the other side is bent.

greenstick fracture
see greenstick fracture.

greenstick fracture Orthopedics A partial, angled fracture that causes bone bowing with rupture of the periosteum on the convex side of the bone, ie the opposite cortex is intact, without the fracture line traversing the bone; GFs are more common in rickets


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