succussion

Noun

Meaning

The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax.

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He found that this reduced potency as well as side-effects, but formed the view that vigorous shaking and striking on an elastic surface a process he termed Schütteln, translated as succussion nullified this. Source: Internet

Hippocratic succussion is the internal splashing noise of hydropneumothorax or pyopneumothorax. Source: Internet

There are no laboratory assays and the importance and techniques for succussion cannot be determined with any certainty from the literature. Source: Internet

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