单词 | mediate percussion |
释义 | > as lemmasmediate percussion mediate percussion n. (occasionally also médiate percussion) [after French percussion médiate (P. A. Piorry De la Percussion Médiate (1828))] Medicine (now chiefly historical) percussion performed upon a solid object (originally a pleximeter, now usually a finger of the physician's other hand) placed against the body. ΚΠ 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 219/1 Mediate percussion was only introduced into practice a few years since, by M. Piorry. 1843 T. Watson Lect. Physic II. xlvii. 10 In mediate percussion, some solid substance is placed upon the spot, the resonance of which is about to be explored, and the blow is made upon that substance, which is called a pleximeter. 1891 F. Taylor Man. Pract. Med. (ed. 2) 345 An advantage of using the finger as the pleximeter in mediate percussion, is that the vibrations of the chest can be felt at the same time that the sound is heard. 1979 Thorax 34 575/1 Pierre Adolphe Piorry.., whose controversial method of médiate percussion helped to sharpen the diagnostic skills of clinicians. < as lemmas |
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