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succuss
[ suh-kuhs ]
/ səˈkʌs /
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verb (used with object)
to shake up; shake.
Medicine/Medical. to shake (a patient) in order to determine if a fluid is present in the thorax or elsewhere.
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Origin of succuss
1860–65; <Latin succussus (past participle of succutere to toss up), equivalent to suc-suc- + -cut(ere), combining form of quatere to shake + -tus past participle suffix, with tt>ss
OTHER WORDS FROM succuss
suc·cus·sion [suh-kuhsh-uhn], /səˈkʌʃ ən/, nounsuc·cus·sive, adjectiveWords nearby succuss
succubus, succulent, succumb, succursal, succus, succuss, such, such and such, such as, such as it is, suchlike
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British Dictionary definitions for succuss
succuss
/ (sʌˈkʌs) /
verb
med to shake (a patient) to detect the sound of fluid in the thoracic or another bodily cavity
rare to shake, esp with sudden force
Derived forms of succuss
succussion (sʌˈkʌʃən), nounsuccussive, adjectiveWord Origin for succuss
C17: from Latin succussus flung aloft, from succutere to toss up, from sub- from below + quatere to shake
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