SUCCUSSION
\səkˈʌʃən], \səkˈʌʃən], \s_ə_k_ˈʌ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax.
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By William R. Warner
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A mode of ascertaining the existence of a fluid in the thorax, (fluctuation by succussion,) by giving the body one or more slight shakes.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).