"He's sustained what's known as a contrecoup injury to his frontal lobe, with bleeding, bruising and swelling in the area that governs personality, decision making and motivation - all the characteristics that make James who he is," says Turner. From Wordnik.com. [Mirror.co.uk - News] Reference
There's contrecoup damage to the brain that suggests acceleration. From Wordnik.com. [The Tenth Circle]
Yesterday on Public Radio International's show "The Next Big Thing" she said she wanted to bring three obscure words into use and tried to bribe John Linnell of the group "They Might Be Giants" into using all three in liner notes so she could cite them; the words were contrecoup, craniosophic, and limerent. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LIMERENT.] Reference
It provides upgraded helmet pads which reduce coup-contrecoup brain injuries. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There is scientific disagreement on exactly how a contrecoup contusion occurs. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
A contrecoup contusion can, however, be caused by a blow to any part of the head. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The force of the accident whipped the inside of her brain against her skull, causing what's known as coup contrecoup, a type of traumatic brain injury that for Bartok, affected both her long and short term memory. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The force of the accident whipped the inside of her brain against her skull, causing what's known as coup contrecoup, a type of traumatic brain injury that for Bartok, affected both her long- and short-term memory. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
And when the head halts abruptly, as Ken’s did that afternoon, the delicate brain bashes around inside its bony case in a rebound motion called coup-contrecoup. From Wordnik.com. [How My Husband Came Back] Reference
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