PERCUSS


Meaning of PERCUSS in English

/peuhr kus"/ , v.t.

1. Med. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

2. to strike (something) so as to shake or cause a shock to.

v.i.

3. Med. to strike the surface of a part of the body for diagnostic purposes.

[ 1550-60; percussus, ptp. of percutere to strike hard, beat, equiv. to per- PER- + -cut ( ere ), comb. form of quatere to shake (see QUASH) + - tus ptp. suffix, with tt > ss ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .