contrecoup
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French contrecoup, from contre (Latin contra) + coup a blow.
Noun[edit]
contrecoup (plural contrecoups)
- (pathology) A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.
See also[edit]
contrecoup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia