contrecoup injury

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• Coup contrecoup injury — When the head strikes a fixed object, the coup injury occurs at the site of impact and the contrecoup injury occurs at the opposite side. In head injury, a coup injury occurs under the site of impact with an object, and a contrecoup injury occurs …   Wikipedia

• Contrecoup — Con tre*coup , n. [F., fr. contre (L. contra) + coup a blow.] (med.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• contrecoup — [kän′trə ko͞o΄] n. [Fr < contre (L contra), against + coup, a blow, COUP] an injury, as to the brain, resulting from a blow but produced in a part opposite to the part that received the blow, resulting from the impact of the organ against an… …   English World dictionary

• contrecoup — Denoting the manner of a contrafissura, as in the skull, at a point opposite that at which the blow was received. SEE ALSO: c. injury of brain. [Fr. counter blow] * * * con·tre·coup kōn trə .kü, kän n injury (as when the brain strikes the skull)… …   Medical dictionary

• contrecoup — /kon treuh kooh /; Fr. /kawonntrddeu kooh /, n. Med. an injury of one point of an organ or part resulting from a blow on the opposite point. Also called counterstroke. [1820 30; < F contre coup. See COUNTER , COUP1] * * * …   Universalium

• injury — The damage or wound of trauma. [L. injuria, fr. in neg. + jus (jur ), right] blast i. tearing of lung tissue or rupture of any tissue or organ without external i., as by the force of an …   Medical dictionary

• contrecoup — n. injury of a part resulting from a blow on its opposite side. This may happen, for example, if a blow on the back of the head causes the front of the brain to be pushed against the inner surface of the skull …   The new mediacal dictionary

• contrecoup — ˈkōn.trəˌkü, ˈkän. , ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: French contre coup, from contre , counter + coup blow more at coup : injury of one part of an organ (as the brain) as a result of the transmitted shock from a blow on the opposite side …   Useful english dictionary

• Traumatic brain injury — See also: Brain injury (disambiguation) Traumatic brain injury Classification and external resources …   Wikipedia

• Head injury — Classification and external resources ICD 10 S00.0S09 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

• nervous system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …   Universalium