succuss

(sə kus′)

transitive verb

to shake forcibly; esp. formerly, to shake (a patient) from side to side in order to detect a liquid in some body cavity, esp. in the thorax

Origin: < L succussus, pp. of succutere, to toss up < sub-, under + quatere, to shake: see quash

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