Plexor

/ˈplɛksə/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes. archaic

    "Crowded in amongst his pocket's pens was the rubber head of a diagnostic plexor."

  2. 2
    (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes wordnet

Example

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"Crowded in amongst his pocket's pens was the rubber head of a diagnostic plexor."

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis, “stroke”) + -or, after flexor etc.

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