Etymology

succussion

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Today it means: A shaking of the body to ascertain whether there is liquid in the thorax. Full definition →

Latin succussio
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsuccussio
  2. English todaysuccussion

From Latin succussio, from succutere.

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