counter-fissuren.
Surgery.
A fracture of the skull occurring opposite the place where a blow may have been received (Mayne Exp. Lex. 1860).
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1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 172 The place of the Counter~fissure is guessed at.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Fissure Fissures, especially in the cranium, either happen on the part the stroke was given; or on the opposite part: that on the opposite part is called Counter-Fissure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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