contrecoup /con·tre·coup/ (kon″truh-koo´) [Fr.] denoting an injury, as to the brain, occurring at a site opposite to the point of impact.
contrecoup.
contrecoup [kon″truh-koo´] (Fr.)
con·tre·coup (k n tr -k  )n. Injury to a part opposite the site of the primary injury, as an injury to the skull opposite the site of a blow. |
contrecoup.
See coup, def 4.
contrecoup [kon″truh-koo´] (Fr.)
denoting an injury, as to the brain, occurring at a site opposite to the point of impact.
contrecoup
[Fr.] denoting an injury, as to the brain, occurring at a site opposite to the point of impact. See also coup.
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