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| suc·cuss [ sə kúss ] (past and past participle suc·cussed, present participle suc·cus·sing, 3rd person present singular suc·cuss·es) |
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shake patient to detect cavity contents: to shake a patient in order to detect the presence of air or fluid in a body cavity, especially the space between the lungs and the chest wall
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| [Mid-19th century. < Latin succuss- "shaken," past participle of succutere< sub "away" + quatere, "shake"] |
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