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ˈcounter-exˌtension Surg.
[counter- 6: cf. F. contre-extension.]
‘The pulling or holding of the upper part of a broken limb, or of a dislocated joint, towards the trunk, while extension is being employed with the lower part’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1860); see extension 1 b.
1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket-bk. viii. (ed. 2) 303 By extension and counter-extension by jack towels or sheets.
So ˌcounter-exˈtend v., -ing vbl. n.
1656[J. Serjeant] tr. T. White's Peripat. Inst. 34 Bodies would not be counter-extended with such a Magnitude. 1874Knight Dict. Mech. s.v. Counter-extension Apparatus, It consists of..a counter-extending band attached to the bed-head. |