1.
[syn: pleximeter, plessimeter]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pleximeter
n 1: a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck
with a plexor in percussive examinations [syn:
pleximeter, plessimeter]