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单词 greenstick fracture
释义

greenstick fracture

[ green-stik ]
/ ˈgrinˌstɪk /

noun

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

Origin of greenstick fracture

First recorded in 1880–85; green + stick1

Words nearby greenstick fracture

green soap, greensome, Greenspan, Green Stamp, Green's theorem, greenstick fracture, greenstone, green strength, greenstrip, green stuff, green sulfur bacteria
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British Dictionary definitions for greenstick fracture

greenstick fracture
/ (ˈɡriːnˌstɪk) /

noun

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

Word Origin for greenstick fracture

C20: alluding to the similar way in which a green stick splinters
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for greenstick fracture

greenstick fracture
[ grēnstĭk′ ]

n.

A fracture in which one side of the bone is broken and the other side is bent.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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