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percuss Definition


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percuss
verb
    percusses, percussed, percussing
    1. medicine.
      To tap (a part of the body) with the fingertips or a plexor for purposes of diagnosis.
Etymology: Early 19c in this sense; 16c in obsolete sense ‘to strike or tap sharply': from Latin percutere, from per- thoroughly + quatere to shake or strike.



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