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A small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations
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pleximeter
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A Pleximeter is a device used in percussion to absorb the energy generated by the strike from the plexor . During percussion the middle finger of examiner's hand is routinely used as pleximeter. The finger of the examiner's left hand is firmly applied to ...
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Pleximeter \Plex*im"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? stroke, percussion (from ? to strike) + -meter.] (Med.) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion. [Written also ...
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n. a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations [syn: plessimeter ]
Wiktionary
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n. (context medicine English) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.