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Repercussion

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(1):

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

(2):

(n.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

(3):

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

(4):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Repercussion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/repercussion.html. 1828.
 
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