Repercussion
Pronunciation : Re`per*cus"sion (-ksh"n)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. repercussio: cf. F. r?percussion.]
Definition : 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. (Mus.)
Defn: Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
3. (Med.)
Defn: The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.
4. (Obstetrics)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913