| Meaning | strike or tap firmly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the doctor percussed his chest and back" | |
| Broader | tap, tip | strike lightly |
| Spanish | percutir | |
| Adjectives | percussive | involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments |
| Nouns | percussion | tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes |
| percussor | (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber / rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes | |
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