A contusion resulting from the brain contacting the skull on the side opposite from where impact occurs.
Compare with coup
Example sentencesExamples
The classic contrecoup contusion has minimal brain injury at the site of impact and contusion in the opposite side of the brain.
Blunt trauma is responsible for coup and contrecoup ocular injury.
Ignorance of the possibility of either coup or contrecoup contusions during criminal assault can lead to misinterpreted injuries.
A case of contrecoup intracerebellar hematoma is reported.
When I first became an animator, I never would have thought that my knowledge of contrecoup brain injuries would ever be needed again - especially in such an important way.
Definition of contrecoup in US English:
contrecoup
nounˈkäntrəˌko͞o
A contusion resulting from the brain contacting the skull on the side opposite from where impact occurs.
Compare with coup
Example sentencesExamples
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.
When I first became an animator, I never would have thought that my knowledge of contrecoup brain injuries would ever be needed again - especially in such an important way.
Ignorance of the possibility of either coup or contrecoup contusions during criminal assault can lead to misinterpreted injuries.
A case of contrecoup intracerebellar hematoma is reported.