( n. )
A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.
( n. )
A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012