| 单词 | greenstick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreenstick greenstick adj. Medicine attributive designating a type of bone fracture typically seen in children, in which the cortex of one side of the bone is cracked and that of the other side is bent, but the continuity of the bone is maintained. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > fractures brokena1400 bursted1527 comminuted1790 camerated1801 greenstick1850 impacted1850 spiral1897 busted1929 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. i. 465 There is also a Curvednesse, which may be reduced to a Fracture... It is as it were when you break a green Stick; it breaks, but separates not.] 1850 J. A. Orr Princ. Surg. ii. xi. 153 Green-stick fracture is when some osseous fibres only have given way. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. viii. 116 The bullet..entered sideways and lodged against his collar-bone, which suffered a greenstick fracture. 2005 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 7 Aug. 84 He suffered internal injuries and a greenstick fracture of the arm during the game. < as lemmas |
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