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per⋅cuss

  [per-kuhs]
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–verb (used with object)
1. Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
2. to strike (something) so as to shake or cause a shock to.
–verb (used without object)
3. Medicine/Medical. to strike the surface of a part of the body for diagnostic purposes.
Origin:
1550–60; < L percussus, ptp. of percutere to strike hard, beat, equiv. to per- per- + -cut(ere), comb. form of quatere to shake (see quash ) + -tus ptp. suffix, with tt > ss
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per·cuss   (pər-kŭs')   
tr.v.   per·cussed, per·cuss·ing, per·cuss·es
To strike or tap firmly, as in medical percussion: The doctor percussed the patient's chest.

[Latin percutere, percuss-, to strike hard : per-, per- + quatere, to strike; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry: per·cuss
Pronunciation: p&r-'k&s
Function: transitive verb
: to tap sharply; especially : to practice percussionon percussed with a metal instrument … gives a metallic sound —K. H. Thoma> percuss intransitive senses
: to percuss a bodypart <percussing with the ends of our fingers over the lungs —Robert Chawner>
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percuss per·cuss (pər-kŭs')
v. per·cussed, per·cuss·ing, per·cuss·es
To strike or tap firmly; perform percussion.

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