succuss, v.
(səˈkʌs)
[f. L. success-, pa. ppl. stem of succutĕre, f. suc- = sub- 26 + quatĕre to shake.]
a. trans. To shake up; spec. to shake (a patient) to elicit the splashing sound in pneumothorax.
| 1865 Athenæum No. 1975. 307/3 The violent shock which closes the rapid descent is expected to succuss the patient into proper shape. |
b. Homœopathy. To shake (a preparation of a drug) vigorously.
| 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 646/1 To make the 2 × potency, 10 drops or 10 grains of this first dilution or trituration are mixed with 90 drops of pure alcohol..and are succussed or triturated. 1938 D. Shepherd Magic of Minimum Dose 264 The 12th potency..is prepared..by diluting one drop in a hundred and shaking or succussing violently. 1974 Homoeopathy June/July 86 Between each dilution he [sc. Hahnemann] succussed (shook vigorously) the medicine. |