Meaning Of The Word Contrecoup
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Contrecoup Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Contrecoup?
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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