n
(pathology) Synonym of defensive wound
n
An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination.
adj
From which the limbs have been removed
n
A transient loss of vision caused by hypoxia and characterized by a perceived dimming of light and color, sometimes accompanied by a loss of peripheral vision.
n
(formal, rare) An error that results from looking in the wrong place, especially one that occurs while copying or translating a body of text.
adj
Trembling as if afflicted with palsy.
v
(transitive, chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface)
adj
(medicine) detectable by means of percussion (tapping of the body)
n
(medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
adj
Involving or relating to percussion; percussive.
n
(medicine) A small hammer-like tool that a physician uses to provide a light blow to a body part.
v
(medicine) Synonym of percuss
v
(transitive, medicine) To shake a patient to detect fluids or air in the body.
n
(physiology) A brief, contractile response of a skeletal muscle elicited by a single maximal volley of impulses in the neurons supplying it.
adj
(obsolete) Closed in, so as to work imperfectly
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