Usually means: Opposing force to facilitate traction.
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  1. countertraction: Wiktionary
  2. countertraction: Dictionary.com

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  1. countertraction: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. countertraction: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (surgery) Synonym of counterextension

Similar:
counterpuncture, counterextension, counteropening, osteodistraction, crossclamping, tenectomy, exairesis, exostosectomy, cingulumotomy, colopexia, more...

Opposite:
traction, support, resistance

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Similar:
counterpuncture, counterextension, counteropening, osteodistraction, crossclamping, tenectomy, exairesis, exostosectomy, cingulumotomy, colopexia, more...

Opposite:
traction, support, resistance



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