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词汇 succuss
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Definition of succuss in English:

succuss

verb səˈkʌsˈsəkəs
[with object]
  • (in preparing homeopathic remedies) shake (a solution) vigorously.

    (在准备顺势疗法时)猛烈摇动(所用药水)

    a drop of 1 c solution is diluted and then succussed again
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each treatment bottle contains only a couple of drops of the Mother Tincture topped up with more water and succussed again.
    • The mother tincture is precisely diluted again, and shaken (‘succussed’).
    • This is succussed and the resulting solution is known as the first potency.
    • Then he used some of this mother tincture to make the final remedy by diluting and vigorously shaking (succussing) it in water over and over again.

Derivatives

  • succussion

  • noun səˈkʌʃ(ə)nsəˈkəʃ(ə)n
    • According to contemporary investigation, the processes of succussion or trituration disturb the atomic state of a drug substance by jolting electron (negative charge) out of its orbit.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The liquid sound is then further energised by succussion (shaking vigorously).
      • The Hippocratic writings describe the technique of succussion - shaking the patient to ascertain whether splashing noises could be elicited within the chest.
      • Homeopathic theory posits that the mechanical energy applied by trituration and succussion distends the molecules of the original substance, thus altering the fundamental nature and releasing its essential energy.
      • The curative agent must be ‘potentized’ by a series of dilutions and ‘succussions’, such that not even a molecule of the original substance remains in the ‘remedy.’

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin succuss- 'shaken', from the verb succutere, from sub- 'away' + quatere 'to shake'.

Definition of succuss in US English:

succuss

verbˈsəkəsˈsəkəs
[with object]
  • (in preparing homeopathic remedies) shake (a solution) vigorously.

    (在准备顺势疗法时)猛烈摇动(所用药水)

    a drop of 1 c solution is diluted and then succussed again
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is succussed and the resulting solution is known as the first potency.
    • The mother tincture is precisely diluted again, and shaken (‘succussed’).
    • Then he used some of this mother tincture to make the final remedy by diluting and vigorously shaking (succussing) it in water over and over again.
    • Each treatment bottle contains only a couple of drops of the Mother Tincture topped up with more water and succussed again.

Origin

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

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