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What is a succussion?

What is a succussion? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of succussing or shaking; a shake.
    1. (medicine) A shaking of the body to ascertain whether there is liquid in the thorax.
    2. The preparation of a diluted substance in homeopathy by vigorously shaking it against an elastic body.
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The combination of dilution and succussion are used to reach a prescribed potency.
The process of preparing a homeopathic medicine by repeated dilution and succussion to reach a prescribed homeopathic potency.
The intensity of the succussion depending on soil conditions, takes place by the inclination of the arm of the shaker.
This sign is still used by physicians and is known as hippocratic succussion.
According to contemporary investigation, the processes of succussion or trituration disturb the atomic state of a drug substance by jolting electron out of its orbit.
Changes caused by succussion on NMR patterns and bioassay of Bradykinin triacetate succussions and dilutions.

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