pleximeter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations
    plessimeter.

WordNet

Plex*im"e*ter noun
Etymology
Gr. stroke, percussion (from to strike) + -meter.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913