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单词 percuss
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percussv.

Brit. /pəˈkʌs/, U.S. /pərˈkəs/
Forms: 1500s– percuss; also Scottish pre-1700 percust (past participle).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin percuss-, percutere.
Etymology: < classical Latin percuss-, past participial stem of percutere to strike forcibly, hit, to deliver a blow to < per- per- prefix + quatere to shake, strike, dash (see quash v.).
1. transitive. To strike so as to shake or shock; to hit, knock, deliver a blow to. Later also intransitive: to impact. Also in extended use.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)]
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to stick one on1910
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1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 20 Percust he was into perplexitie.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 10v When the first bone, percussed by the stroke of the ayre, repercuteth the other in manner of a mallet.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §117 Solid Bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no Sound.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Epist. Lymosin 247 Our Auricles, percuss'd by Fame sonorous.
1873 Overland Monthly June 541 The turtle communicated it [sc. the secret of fire] to the flints and trees; so that an Indian can now extract it by percussing the one or drilling the other.
1953 R. J. C. Atkinson Field Archaeol. (ed. 2) i. 31 The first of these [methods], known as ‘bosing’, consists in percussing the surface of the ground with a weighted rammer and listening to the sound thus produced.
2003 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 15 Feb. (Spectrum section) 12 This mellifluous pretext allows Constable to deploy musical effects that..percuss like wood on metal.
2. Medicine.
a. transitive. To perform percussion on (a part of the body). Also: to detect (a clinical sign) by means of percussion (percussion n. 5).
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike lightly
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > examine medically [verb (transitive)] > by auscultation > percuss
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1827 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 2) ii. 17 When we percuss comparatively the two sides of the chest.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 382 The joints or muscles affected, may be percussed, pressed or moved with impunity.
1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xii. 120 Percuss one side of the face lightly.
1970 W. Dressler Clin. Aids in Cardiac Diagnosis vii. 173 Frequently marked dullness can also be percussed to the right of the sternum.
2002 RN (Nexis) 1 May 56 If you suspect this has happened, percuss the chest. A hollow percussion note indicates retained air.
b. intransitive. To perform percussion.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > examine medically [verb (intransitive)] > percuss
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1849–50 J. Hutchinson in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 1034/1 Percussing over the 5th rib at its junction with its cartilage.
1883 Nature 8 Mar. 437/2 Thus he percusses rapidly over a nerve when the pain is dull or grinding, and percusses slowly when the pain is acute.
1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xiv. 146 At the clinical examination we note the level of the sinus, palpate.., percuss and auscultate, [etc.].
1999 Ottawa Sun (Nexis) 3 July (Entertainment section) 28 Your doctor put you down because he spent thousands of dollars in medical school learning to percuss.

Derivatives

perˈcussing adj.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [adjective] > striking so as to damage stability
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [adjective] > auscultation > percussion
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1665 R. Hooke Micrographia ix. 55 Storms, or Oars, or other percussing bodies.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 656 The sound produced by the impact of the percussing finger on the one percussed.
1985 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 27 728 These latter tools are percussing, cutting, and earth-moving instruments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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