CONTRE-COUP

(Fr.), n. Kon-t'r-ku. Ger., Gegensto , Gegenschlag. It., contraccolpo. Sp., contra-golpe. Lit., a counterstroke; the transmitted commotion manifested at a certain point in the body when a blow is received at a distant or opposite point, also a lesion (such as fracture of the skull) resulting therefrom. [A, 301.] [s. 387]