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repercussion
[rē′pərkush′ən]
Etymology: L, repercussio, rebounding
1 (in obstetrics) ballottement.
2 being driven back by a powerful resistance.
3 the reduction of a swelling or tumor.

repercussion [re″per-kush´un]
the driving in of an eruption or the scattering of a swelling.


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