bucket handle

adjective

: being an injury of internal body tissue that resembles the shape of the curved handle of a bucket

a bucket handle meniscal tear [=a tear of the rim of the meniscus of the knee in which a portion of cartilage is displaced into the center of the joint]

a bucket handle intestinal avulsion [=separation of a section of the intestine from the mesentery accompanied by loss of blood supply]

a bucket handle fracture [=a fracture at the end of a long bone in the region of the metaphysis that occurs especially from a direct blow]