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What is a pleximeter?

What is a pleximeter? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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The pleximeter is held firmly into an intercostal space while two quick uniform taps with the plexor, using wrist action, are delivered to it.
Moreover, one always has his hands, but may forget his hammer and pleximeter.
A percussion hammer and pleximeter may be purchased from any veterinary instrument maker.
Percussion is sometimes practiced with the aid of a special percussion hammer and an object known as a pleximeter to strike upon.

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