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succussatory

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suc·cus·sion   (sə-kŭsh'ən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of shaking violently, especially as a method of diagnosis to detect the presence of fluid and air in a body cavity.

  2. The condition of being shaken violently.


[Latin succussiō, succussiōn-, from succussus, past participle of succutere, to toss up : sub-, up from below; see sub- + quatere, to shake; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.]
suc·cus'sa·to'ry (sə-kŭs'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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