pleximeter

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.

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.

    1. a small, hard plate, made of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body to absorb such a shock.

Origin

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

Forms

pleximeters plexometer