Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
PERCUSS
percuss
(verb) strike or tap firmly; “the doctor percussed his chest and back”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
percuss (third-person singular simple present percusses, present participle percussing, simple past and past participle percussed)
(transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
(intransitive) to impact
(transitive, chiefly, medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface)
(transitive, chiefly, medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface
Anagrams
• cuspers, spruces
Source: Wiktionary
Per*cuss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Percussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Percussing.] Etym: [L. percussus, p.p. of percutere; per + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]
Definition: To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. Bacon.
Per*cuss", v. i. (Med.)
Definition: To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3. Quain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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