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🧪 To shake strongly 🩺 To shake for fluid
to succuss

to succuss

9.9
To shake a body part to check for liquid or air inside
  • verb
  • /səˈkəs/
  • Specialized
: sacudir
  • To assess the presence of fluid in the lungs, the physician will succuss the chest lightly.

Examples

  • The doctor decided to succuss the patient's abdomen to check for any abnormalities.

  • You might remember that the founder of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann himself, recommended slapping the remedy against a Bible to succuss it.

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  • During the examination, the nurse gently succussed the vials to mix the solutions inside.

Antonyms

to stabilize
  • US
44 4.3

To become steady and stop changing

How Strongly

to thrash
34 5.8
to agitate
7 4.1
to jolt
9 3.7
to shake
750 1.0
to succuss
  • Specialized
9.9
to tap
98 1.0
to pat
105 1.0

Surface Forms

succuss infinitive
succussed past
succussed past participle
succussing present participle
succusses third person singular

Etymology

Succuss comes from the Latin succussare, built from sub- 'under' and quassare 'to shake', and is related to concussion, which is a strong shaking of the body. So to succuss a patient is to shake or tap a body part to see if there is fluid or air inside.