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plexor

ple·xor

UK/ˈplɛksə/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

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

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

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