"pleximeter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pleximeters [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis, “stroke, percussion”) + -meter. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|πλῆξις||stroke, percussion}} Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis, “stroke, percussion”), {{suffix|en||meter}} + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} pleximeter (plural pleximeters)
  1. (medicine) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion. Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: plexometer Translations (instrument): plexímetre [masculine] (Catalan), plessimétre [masculine] (French), plessimetro [masculine] (Italian), plexímetro [masculine] (Spanish)

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