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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.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations
  3. 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. [Written also plexometer.]
  4. A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber,placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination bymediate percussion. [Written also plexometer.]
  5. n. a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations