succussion

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  1. noun 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. noun The condition of being shaken violently.

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  1. 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.

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  1. = French succussion, from Latin succussio(n-), a shaking. from succutere, shake up: see succuss.
 

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