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Definition of Plessimeter
1. Noun. A small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations.
Definition of Plessimeter
1. n. See Pleximeter.
Definition of Plessimeter
1. Noun. (alternative form of pleximeter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Plessimeter
1. An oblong flexible plate used in mediate percussion by being placed against the surface and struck with the plessor. Synonym: pleximeter, plexometer. Origin: G. Plesso, to strike, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plessimeter
Literary usage of Plessimeter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"The plessimeter (At) can be used with or without the stethoscope. ... But, as I
stated above, neither this nor any other plessimeter will ever do as well as ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"The plessimeter finger is most often used, partly because it is always —^—
Pulmonary Border available, and partly because it permits us to judge of the ..."
3. A Treatise on the practice of medicine by Roberts Bartholow (1898)
"The most convenient plessimeter is the finger, being of material having the ...
If any air is interposed between the plessimeter and the surface beneath, ..."
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