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Pleximeter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Pleximeter has 1 sense
- pleximeter(n = noun.artifact) plessimeter - a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations; Array is a kind of plate
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pleximeter, n. [Gr. stroke, percussion (from to strike) + -meter.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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