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Definition of Plexor
1. Noun. (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes.
Generic synonyms: Hammer
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Derivative terms: Percuss
Definition of Plexor
1. a small, hammer-like medical instrument [n -S]
Medical Definition of Plexor
1. Synonym: plessor. Origin: G. Plexis, a stroke (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plexor
Literary usage of Plexor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spondylotherapy: Physio and Pharmaco-therapy and Diagnostic Methods Based on by Albert Abrams (1918)
"plexor and pleximeter employed for eliciting the vertebral reflexes. knuckles or
better still, the fingers may be used as a plexi- meter and the clenched ..."
2. Spondylotherapy; Spinal Concussion and the Application of Other Methods to by Albert Abrams (1910)
"plexor and pleximeter employed for eliciting the vertebral reflexes. knuckles or
better still, the fingers may be used as a pleximeter and the clenched fist ..."
3. New Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment: Physico-clinical Medicine, the by Albert Abrams (1922)
"For those unskilled in finger-finger percussion, the plexor and ... plexor and
pleximeter for the use of physicians unskilled in finger- finger percussion. ..."
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