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Webster 1913 Edition


Contrafissure

Conˊtra-fis′sure

(?; 135)
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Noun.
(Med.)
A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
Coxe.

Webster 1828 Edition


Contrafissure

CONTRAFISSURE

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Noun.
[contra and fissure.] In surgery, a fissure or fracture in the cranium, on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.

Definition 2024


contrafissure

contrafissure

English

Noun

contrafissure (plural contrafissures)

  1. (medicine) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Coxe to this entry?)