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pleximeter

The English word “pleximeter” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Something used to absorb the energy generated by the strike from a percussion hammer, during medical percussion. Usually this is simply the doctor's hand.
  2. a small, hard plate, made of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body to absorb such a shock.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis, “stroke, percussion”) + -meter.

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