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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

succussio

, from

succutere

: cf. F.

succussion

. See

The act of shaking; a shake; esp.

(Med.)

, a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax.

Noun.

[L. succussio, from succusso, to shake; sub and quasso.]

The act of shaking; a shake.

In medicine, a shaking of the nervous parts by powerful stimulants.