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pleximeter Med.|plɛkˈsɪmɪtə(r)|
Also (irreg.) plexometer. See also plessimeter.
[f. Gr. πλῆξις stroke, percussion (f. πλήσσειν to strike) + -meter (the suffix being loosely used, and with the sense of ‘estimating’ rather than ‘measuring’).]
A small thin plate of ivory or other substance, which is placed firmly upon some part of the body and struck with a plexor in medical percussion. Also applied to anything used for the same purpose.
1842in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1843Sir T. Watson Lect. Princ. & Pract. Physic xlvii. II. 10 Many persons..use no other pleximeter than the fingers of the left hand. 1853Markham Skoda's Auscult. 2 The pleximeter renders percussion much less irksome to the patient, and the sounds more distinct;..we are able, by its aid, to recognize differences in sound, which are not otherwise perceptible. 1882Ogilvie, Pleximeter, Plexometer. 1882Standard 13 Dec. 5/5 The pleximeter, the stethoscope,..the laryngoscope, the ophthalmoscope,..could scarcely have been familiar to the..doctor.
Hence pleximetric |plɛksɪˈmɛtrɪk| a., pertaining to a pleximeter or the use of it; pleximetry |plɛkˈsɪmɪtrɪ|, the use of a pleximeter.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Pleximetric. 1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Plessimetry, see Pleximetry. |