Pleximeter

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pleximeter
    n 1: a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck
         with a plexor in percussive examinations [syn:
         {pleximeter}, {plessimeter}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pleximeter \Plex*im"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? stroke, percussion (from ?
   to strike) + -meter.] (Med.)
   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}.]
   [1913 Webster]
    

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