repercussion

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Synonyms: repercussions, percussion, repercussive, reperfusion, repercussing

Antonyms: repercussions, percussion, repercussive, reperfusion, repercussing

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Noun

1. A [[consequence]] or ensuing [[result]] of some action.
2. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; [[reflection]]; [[reverberation]].
3. {{lb|en|music}} Rapid [[reiteration]] of the same [[sound]].
4. {{lb|en|medicine}} The [[subsidence]] of a [[tumour]] or [[eruption]] by the action of a [[repellent]].<ref>{{RQ:Dunglison Medical Lexicon}}</ref>
5. {{lb|en|obstetrics|historical}} In a [[vaginal]] [[examination]], the act of [[impart]]ing through the [[uterine]] [[wall]] with the finger a shock to the [[foetus]], so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.

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