SUCCUSSION

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 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

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))

Derivation:

succuss (shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body))