greenstick fracture


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
greenstick fracture/ˈɡriːnstɪkfraktʃə(r)/
noun a fracture of the bone, occurring typically in children, in which one side of the bone is broken and the other only bent.
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