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SUCCUSSION

Dictionary entry overview: What does succussion mean?

• SUCCUSSION (noun)
The noun SUCCUSSION has 1 sense:

1. shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity

Familiarity information: SUCCUSSION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SUCCUSSION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("succussion" is a kind of...):

auscultation (listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope))

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