Word: repercussion
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
per
cus
sion
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: repercussion
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.
Affix: per-
Language: la
Decoded: per-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.
Affix: quatiō
Language: la
Decoded: quatio
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I move, touch, excite, affect