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Repercussion
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
consequence
or
ensuing
result of some action.
●
The
act
of
driving
back, or the
state of being
driven
back;
reflection
; reverberation.
●
In Music:
Rapid
reiteration
of the same sound.
●
In Medicine:
The
subsidence
of a
tumour
or
eruption
by the
action
of a repellent.
●
In Obstetrics:
In a
vaginal
examination
, the
act
of
imparting
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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Origin
repercussion
English
repercussio
Latin
repercutio
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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