succuss

An obsolete verb meaning to shake or agitate, especially in a medical or alchemical context.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Verb mit der Bedeutung, etwas zu schütteln oder aufzuwühlen, besonders im medizinischen oder alchemistischen Kontext.

1. Shake to detect fluids C2 formal medical

   To shake a patient's body, typically the chest or abdomen, in order to detect the presence of fluid or air in a cavity.

   • The physician succussed the patient's chest to check for pleural effusion.
   • During the examination, the doctor gently succussed the abdomen.
   • Succussing the patient revealed a dull sound indicative of fluid.

   🇩🇪Schütteln zum Nachweis von Flüssigkeit