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Etymology

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counter- +‎ extension

Noun

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counterextension (countable and uncountable, plural counterextensions)

  1. (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.
  2. (countable, logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, do not satisfy the predicate.