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Noun: percussor  pu(r)'kú-su(r)
  1. (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
    "The neurologist tested the patient's knee reflexes using a percussor";
    - plexor, plessor

Derived forms: percussors

Type of: hammer