percussor

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.

   “A mechanical percussor is ordered to assist with secretion clearnace in a patient receiving CPT.”

2. isim A physician who provides light blow to a body part as a diagnostic technique.

   “When he has reached this stage, the percussor is an expert, and his ability to produce deceptive effects is his best guarantee that he will not be himself deceived.”

3. isim A hammerstone or similar tool used for smashing, or chipping.

   “Bi-polar percussion involves the placement of the objective piece on an anvil stone and subsequently striking it with a percussor, as one would crack a nut.”

4. isim A part of a device that is intended to impart a striking action.

   “Where air drilling can be used, for example, the air percussor appears to be gaining acceptance.”