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Greenstick fracture Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ure

Greenstick fracture has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side

2

An incomplete fracture of a long bone in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
incomplete fracture
Rhyming Words
ure cure lure fure kure yure eure ture pure bure sure mure dure shure viure heure azure alure coure youre
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