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Definition of Pleximeter
1. Noun. A small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations.
Definition of Pleximeter
1. n. 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.
Definition of Pleximeter
1. Noun. (medicine) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pleximeter
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleximeter
Literary usage of Pleximeter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spondylotherapy; Spinal Concussion and the Application of Other Methods to by Albert Abrams (1910)
"Plexor and pleximeter employed for eliciting the vertebral reflexes. knuckles or
better still, the fingers may be used as a pleximeter and the clenched fist ..."
2. The Clinical Journal (1898)
"What is a pleximeter? Essentially any solid interposed between the percussing stroke
... There are two other points in which a pleximeter may be good, bad, ..."
3. The Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of the Diseases of the Chest by William Wood Gerhard (1860)
"This interposed body is called a pleximeter, and was invented by Dr. ... Though the
ribs are an excellent natural pleximeter, they are too sensitive at ..."
4. Cardiac Outlines for Clinical Clerks and Practitioners and First Principles by William Ewart (1892)
"This reproach also attaches to Sansom's pleximeter, although in a less degree
than to any with which the author is acquainted. SANSOM'S pleximeter. smaller ..."
5. Spondylotherapy: Physio and Pharmaco-therapy and Diagnostic Methods Based on by Albert Abrams (1918)
"Plexor and pleximeter employed for eliciting the vertebral reflexes. knuckles or
... The use of a pleximeter and plexor is decidedly more effective than the ..."
6. 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
... A simple and convenient pleximeter is an oval disk of ivory or hard ..."
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