percuss

3 definitions found

percuss - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. i. (Med.)
     To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See
     Percussion, 3. --Quain.
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  Percuss \Per*cuss"\ (p[~e]r*k[u^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Percussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Percussing.] [L. percussus, p.
     p. of percutere; per + quatere to shake, strike. See
     Quash.]
     To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss
     the chest in medical examination.
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           Flame percussed by air giveth a noise.   --Bacon.
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percuss - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  percuss
      v 1: strike or tap firmly; "the doctor percussed his chest and
           back"