greenstick
English
Noun
greenstick (plural greensticks)
- A greenstick fracture.
- 1985, Norman G. Kirby, S. James Mather, Baillière's handbook of first aid (page 136)
- Greensticks are generally closed fractures, but occasionally with external wounds they become open.
- 1985, Norman G. Kirby, S. James Mather, Baillière's handbook of first aid (page 136)
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