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noun
A small hemorrhage in the brainstem, typically in the midbrain and upper pons, as a result of the traumatic downward displacement of the brainstem (i.e. descending transtentorial herniation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
Named after French neurologist Henri Duret (1849–1921), its discoverer.
