Percussing :: Percussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Percus.

Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report..

Percussion :: Percussion (n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.

Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate..

Percussive :: Percussive (a.) Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force..

Repercussing :: Repercussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repercus.

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound..

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..

Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.

Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Repellent.

Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.

Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.

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