Contrecoup Definition

käntrəko͝o
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.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Contrecoup

Noun

Singular:
contrecoup
Plural:
contrecoups

Origin of Contrecoup

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