Crossword-Solution: PERCUSS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Percuss | v. t. | To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. |
| Percuss | v. i. | To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PERCUSS | anagram | PCUSERS, SPRUCES |
We have 4 clues for the answer “PERCUSS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Strike with a blow | 1 answer |
| strike or tap firmly | 1 answer |
| strike sharply, rapidly, or suddenly | 1 answer |
| Tap | 45 answers |
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Sentences with PERCUSS (5)
Since pain in the knee-joint may mislead as to the location of the disease, to determine the seat of the affection, place the patient in a chair and percuss the knee lightly, by giving it a slight blow with the knuckle; if the hip be affected, the pain will be readily felt in that joint; if it be simply neuralgia of the knee-joint, it will excite no pain whatever.
When we raise the arms from the side and percuss the thorax between the folds of the axillae, where the serratus magnus muscle alone intervenes between the ribs and the skin, the pulmonic sound will answer clearly.
See Quash.] Defn: To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination.
Cum aliquandō inter cēnam Scīpiōnem quīdam interrogāsset, sī quid illī[5] accidisset, quemnam rēs pūblica aequē māgnum {5} habitūra esset imperātōrem, Scīpiō, percussō lēniter Mariī umerō, “Fortāsse hunc” inquit.
Unde aliquotiēns in altum prōvectum cum modo[7] ventī adversī rettulissent, modo {115} ipse iactātiōnem maris patī nōn posset, taedium[8] tandem eum et fugae et vītae cēpit regressusque ad vīllam “Moriar” inquit “in patriā saepe servātā.” Satis cōnstat, adventantibus percussōribus, servōs fortiter fidēliterque parātōs fuisse ad dīmicandum, ipsum dēpōnī lectīcam[9] et quiētōs patī, quod {120} sors inīqua cōgeret, iussisse.