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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Succussion \Suc*cus"sion\, n. [L. succussio, from succutere: cf. F. succussion. See Succussation.] The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

succussion n 1: shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity