Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pleximeter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pleximeter
n : a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck
with a plexor in percussive examinations [syn: {plessimeter}]
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