(from the article `fracture`) ...or greenstick, fracture occurs when the bone cracks and bends but does not completely break; when the bone does break into separate pieces, the ...
See Fracture impacted
A fracture in which one of the fragments is driven into the cancellous tissue of the other fragment. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
fracture in which one fragment is firmly driven into the other.
Type: Term Definitions: 1. a fracture in which one of the fragments is driven into the cancellous bone of the other fragment.
[n] - fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end
a bone break in which the two broken ends have been forced into each other