Definition of Percussor

1. Noun. (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes.

Exact synonyms: Plessor, Plexor
Generic synonyms: Hammer
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Derivative terms: Percuss

Definition of Percussor

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Medical Definition of Percussor

1. A small hammer, usually with soft rubber head, used to tap the part directly, or with a plessimeter, in percussion of the chest or other part. Synonym: percussor, plexor. Origin: G. Plesso, to strike (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Percussor

percussing
percussion
percussion cap
percussion section
percussion sound
percussion wave
percussionist
percussionists
percussions
percussive
percussive instrument
percussive maintenance
percussively
percussiveness
percussor (current term)
percussors
percutaneous
percutaneous absorption
percutaneous cholangiography
percutaneous nephrostomy
percutaneous stimulation
percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography
percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
percutaneous umbilical blood sampling
percutaneously
perdendo
perdeuterate
perdeuterated

Literary usage of Percussor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1843)
"... The percussor is attached to one end of a lever handle, which is fixed on ... and consequently the height to which the percussor can be raised at the ..."

2. A Manual of auscultation and percussion: Embracing the Physical Diagnosis of by Austin Flint, James Cornelius Wilson (1890)
"Percussion with the fingers or vvith a percussor and pleximeter—The normal vesicular resonance on ... The instruments are a pleximeter and a percussor. ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1842)
"After the stone is in the grasp of the percussor, the bed also serves to fix the instrument firmly, and thus prevent the shock of the blows from the hammer ..."

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