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contrecoup definition

con·tre·coup (kän′trə ko̵̅o̅′)

noun

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

Etymology: Fr < contre (L contra), against + coup, a blow, coup

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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