📖 Definitions of "Percuss"
verb
- 1
To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
"Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no sound."
- 2
To impact
"Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily."
- 3
To attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface)
"The doctor percussed his chest to determine whether he had pneumonia."
- 4
To attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface
"Percussing a patient's spleen is best done while he is on his back."
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