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Medical Definition of Hippocratic succussion sound
1. A splashing sound elicited by shaking a patient with hydro-or pyopneumothorax, the physician's ear being applied to the chest. (05 Mar 2000)
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1. A splashing sound elicited by shaking a patient with hydro-or pyopneumothorax, the physician's ear being applied to the chest. (05 Mar 2000)