| repercussion | 1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound. "Ever echoing back in endless repercussion." (Hare) 2. Rapid reiteration of the same sound. 3. <medicine> The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent. 4. <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. Origin: L. Repercussio: cf. F. Repercussion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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