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Definition of Succussion
1. Noun. Shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity.
Definition of Succussion
1. n. The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Succussion
Literary usage of Succussion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"(1) succussion Sounds. Now and then a patient consults a physician, complaining
that he hears noises inside him as if water were being shaken about. ..."
2. A Clinical Introduction to the Practice of Auscultation, and Other Modes of by Henry Marshall Hughes (1854)
"This is succussion. It is unnecessary to describe it farther. ... Mode of effecting
succussion.—Sometimes the mere jerking of the body, or a sudden twist ..."
3. Thoracic Diseases: Their Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment by Calvin Newton, Marshall Calkins (1854)
"Even water in the pericardium has occasionally been, by succussion, ... The matter
of palpation is of a little more practical utility than succussion. ..."
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