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noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "During the difficult vaginal examination, the doctor carefully induced repercussions to help assess the position of the fetus. " medicine physiology sex body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading