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IMMEDIATE PERCUSSION

\ɪmˈiːdɪət pəkˈʌʃən], \ɪmˈiːdɪət pəkˈʌʃən], \ɪ_m_ˈiː_d_ɪ__ə_t p_ə_k_ˈʌ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of IMMEDIATE PERCUSSION

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The striking of the part under examination directly with the finger or a plessor, without the intervention of another finger or a plessimeter.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

p. in which no pleximeter is used.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

percussion in which the region examined is struck directly with the finger.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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