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COUNTEROPENING

\kˈa͡ʊntəɹˌə͡ʊpənɪŋ], \kˈa‍ʊntəɹˌə‍ʊpənɪŋ], \k_ˈaʊ_n_t_ə_ɹ_ˌəʊ_p_ə_n_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of COUNTEROPENING

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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A second opening, as in an abscess, sometimes made to facilitate drainage.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An opening made into an abscess or other pathological collection of liquid, in addition to the original opening, and usually remote from it, for the purpose of facilitating the prompt and thorough escape of the liquid.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

An aperture on the contrary side.

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

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