succuss
succuss
Definition
suc·cuss (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
Etymology: < L succussus, pp. of succutere, to toss up < sub-, under + quatere, to shake: see quash
suc·cus′·sion noun
Browse dictionary entries near succuss
- succumb
- succulent
- succubus
- Succoth
- succotash
- succory
- succor
- succinylcholine chloride
- succinic acid
- succinct
- such
- such and such
- such as
- such as it is
- suchlike
- Suchow
- suck
- sucker
- sucker punch
- suckerfish
