Meaning Of The Word Contrecoup

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contrecoup in American English
an injury, as to the brain, resulting from a blow but produced in a part opposite to the part that received the blow, resulting from the impact of the organ against an unyielding surface
noun: an injury of one point of an organ or part resulting from a blow on the opposite point

contrecoup in British English
noun: an injury, esp to the brain, that occurs at the opposite side of the body from that which was struck

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