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succuss [sʌˈkʌs]

vb

1. (Medicine) Med to shake (a patient) to detect the sound of fluid in the thoracic or another bodily cavity

2. Rare to shake, esp with sudden force

[from Latin succussus flung aloft, from succutere to toss up, from sub- from below + quatere to shake]

succussion  [sʌˈkʌʃən] n

succussive  adj

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Verb

1.

succuss - shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) shake up shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"