percuss
(verb) strike or tap firmly; “the doctor percussed his chest and back”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
• 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
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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