Pleximeter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pleximeter \Plex*im"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? stroke, percussion (from ?
     to strike) + -meter.] (Med.)
     A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber,
     placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in
     examination by mediate percussion. [Written also
     {plexometer}.]


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pleximeter
       n : a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck
           with a plexor in percussive examinations [syn: {plessimeter}]