contrecoup

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.
    — These injuries, known as contrecoup injuries, appear on the opposite side of the brain from the point of impact because the brain is flung against its own protective (or in this case not-so-protective) casing.

词形变化

contrecoups plural

词源

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