to percuss
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8.7
- verb
- /pərˈkəs/
- Specialized
:
percutir
- Patients should see a physiotherapist for advice on home management/exercises, and family members can be taught to percuss the chest to help mucus clearance.
And when you auscultate and you, you know, you percuss on tap and you auscultate and listen, I can tell fat from from gas.
- And when you auscultate and you, you know, you percuss on tap and you auscultate and listen, I can tell fat from from gas.
Examples
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The customary range of seaside particles percussed solidly under my tennis shoes.
Academic text (2004) -
And when you auscultate and you, you know, you percuss on tap and you auscultate and listen, I can tell fat from from gas.
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He carefully probes and percusses her abdomen, searching for an enlarged liver or spleen that could be harboring recurrent leukemia.
Fiction book (1996) -
The doctor percussed my abdomen to check for any abnormalities during the examination.
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During the physical exam, the nurse percussed my lungs to listen for any irregular sounds.
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To assess the patient's condition, the physician percussed the back and noted the differences in sound.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Percuss comes from the Latin parts per- 'through' and cutere 'to strike', and it shares the same root as percussion, the word for drums and other instruments you hit. So to percuss a patient's chest is to tap or lightly strike the body to listen for sounds and check for problems.