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What is a contrecoup?

What is a contrecoup? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pathology) A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.
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Blunt trauma is responsible for coup and contrecoup ocular injury.
The classic contrecoup contusion has minimal brain injury at the site of impact and contusion in the opposite side of the brain.
Ignorance of the possibility of either coup or contrecoup contusions during criminal assault can lead to misinterpreted injuries.
For instance, they knew of the possibility of fracture by contrecoup.

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