PLEXIMETER

pleximeter, plessimeter

(noun) a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pleximeter (plural pleximeters)

(medicine) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.

Source: Wiktionary


Plex*im"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.] (Med.)

Definition: 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 plexometer.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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