succuss

Definitions


[səˈkʌs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (in preparing homeopathic remedies) shake (a solution) vigorously
(e.g: a drop of 1 c solution is diluted and then succussed again)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from Latin succuss- ‘shaken’, from the verb succutere, from sub- ‘away’ + quatere ‘to shake’




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