Pleximeter

[plek'simitә]

Definition

(noun.) a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations.

Edited by Ervin--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Typed by Konrad

Definition

n. a small plate of something hard and elastic placed on the body to receive the tap of the fingers or of the hammer in examination by percussion—also Plexom′eter.—adj. Pleximet′ric.

Typist: Sophie