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Definition of Tapotement
1. Noun. Massage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand; used to loosen mucus on the chest walls of patients with bronchitis.
Definition of Tapotement
1. Noun. (context: massage) A form of massage involving hitting the body with various parts of one's hand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Tapotement
1. A massage movement consisting in striking with the side of the hand, usually with partly flexed fingers. Synonym: tapping. Origin: Fr. Fr. Tapoter, to tap (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapotement
Literary usage of Tapotement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Massage and Therapeutic Exercise by Mary McMillan (1921)
"Massage and Therapeutic Exercise PART I MASSAGE CHAPTER \ ;v EFFLEURAGE; PETRISSAGE;
FRICTION; tapotement; VIBRATION; PHYSIOLOGIC AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF ..."
2. The Treatment of disease by physical methods by Thomas Stretch Dowse (1899)
"... and the ulnar side of the hand and fingers only come into contact with the
body of the patient (Fig. 46). Fig. 46.—tapotement; vibratory percussion. ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1885)
"Practically, what we know of the action of tapotement corresponds to the results
... Quickly repeated tapotement increases the contractility of the muscles ..."
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