Definition of Repercussion
Repercussion
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
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.
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Repercussion Translations
repercussion in German is Auswirkung {f}
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