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Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary

Posted By: See Inside for definition on 2006-02-03
In Reply to: Fluctuans????? - Susan

Subject: Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary

fluctuation (flk-t-shn)


  1. The act of fluctuating.
  2. A wavelike motion felt on palpating a cavity with nonrigid walls, especially one containing fluid. Syn: fluctuance


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