English Explanatory Dictionary

contrecoup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.

Word forms

contrecoup contrecoups

Etymology

Borrowed from French contrecoup, from contre (Latin contra) + coup a blow.

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