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Medical Definition of Orthopercussion
1. Very light percussion of the chest, made in a sagittal direction (i.e., anteroposteriorly, and not perpendicularly to the wall of the chest); used to determine the size of the heart, the faint percussion sound disappearing when the heart is reached even though that may be overlapped by a layer of the lung. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orthopercussion
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