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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.