Associations to the word «Succussion»

Wiktionary

SUCCUSSION, noun. The act of succussing or shaking; a shake.
SUCCUSSION, noun. (medicine) A shaking of the body to ascertain whether there is liquid in the thorax.
SUCCUSSION, noun. The preparation of a diluted substance in homeopathy by vigorously shaking it against an elastic body.

Dictionary definition

SUCCUSSION, noun. Shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats