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CONTRAFISSURE

\kˌɒntɹəfˈɪʃə], \kˌɒntɹəfˈɪʃə], \k_ˌɒ_n_t_ɹ_ə_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə]\

Definitions of CONTRAFISSURE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A fracture in the cranium, on the side opposite to that which received the blow.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

kon'tra-fish-[=u]r, n. (surg.) a fracture or contusion of the skull at a place opposite that on which the blow was received.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

A crack of the skull, where the blow was inflicted, is called fissure ; but in the contrary part, contrafissure.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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