percussion
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Touch: wood, iron, glass, steel, sometimes thrumming softly, sometimes percussing like a tight drum.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024
The patient, a man in his 80s, grinned, enjoying the show, and seemed pleased to let the students practice palpating his spleen and percussing his lungs.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2010
In some cases localised tenderness on percussing the skull may be of assistance in indicating the site of the tumour.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
On percussing the region of the stomach, I most distinctly perceived the sound of gurgling, which we know to be caused by the admixture of air and fluid in motion.
From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by Hammond, William Alexander
Kneading and percussing the abdomen by an osteopath or masseur strengthens, and also relieves constipation.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
Vocabulary lists containing percussion
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Music - Introductory
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