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English
Etymology
From counter- + extension.
Noun
counterextension (countable and uncountable, plural counterextensions)
- (surgery) The fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture.
- (countable, logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, do not satisfy the predicate.