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.
REPERCUSSIVE
Re`per*cuss"ive (-ks"v), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répercussif.]
1. Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate. Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound. W. Pattison.
2. Repellent. [Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and repecussive medicines." Bacon.
3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "Rages loud the repercussive roar." Thomson.
REPERCUSSIVE
Re`per*cuss"ive, n.
Defn: A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon.
REPERTITIOUS
Rep`er*ti"tious (rp`r-tsh"s), a. Etym: [L. reperticius. See
Repertory.]
Defn: Found; gained by finding. [Obs.]
REPERTOIRE
Re`per`toire", n. Etym: [F. See Repertory.]