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has gloss	(noun) (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes plexor, plessor, percussor
has gloss	eng: The plexor is usually the middle finger of the examiners right hand is kept flexed so as to form a right angle between the proximal and middle phalanges. During percussion (medicine) the middle finger of examiners hand is routinely used as pleximeter and the technique involves making series of strokes with the plexor on the pleximeter finger. The strokes are sudden flicking movements arising at the wrist. With each hit, the distal pad (not the tip) of the plexor strikes the middle phalanx of the pleximeter.
lexicalization	eng: percussor
lexicalization	eng: plessor
lexicalization	eng: plexor
subclass of	(noun) a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking hammer

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has category	(noun) the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques medicine, medical specialty
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