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plexor

Meaning of "plexor" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLEXOR

From Greek plēxis a stroke, from plēssein to strike.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PLEXOR

ˈplɛksə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLEXOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plexor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLEXOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of plexor in the English dictionary

The definition of plexor in the dictionary is a small hammer with a rubber head for use in percussion of the chest and testing reflexes.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLEXOR

adnexa · al-Aqsa · boxer · coxa · demultiplexer · diplexer · elixir · fixer · flexor · indexer · kickboxer · mixer · moxa · multiplexer · multiplexor · perplexer · relaxer · taxa · vexer · waxer

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEXOR

pleuron · pleuronia · pleuropneumonia · pleurotomies · pleurotomy · pleuston · pleustonic · Pleven · Plevna · plew · plex · plexal · plexiform · Plexiglas · plexiglass · pleximeter · pleximetric · pleximetry · plexure · plexus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLEXOR

actor · administrator · advisor · and/or · anterior · author · be all for · be in the market for · calculator · color · creator · decor · director · doctor · door · Ecuador · for · interior · Luxor · taxor

Synonyms and antonyms of plexor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plexor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLEXOR

Find out the translation of plexor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of plexor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plexor» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

叩诊锤
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

plexor
570 millions of speakers
en

English

plexor
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

plexor
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقراع؛ مطرقة القرع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

plexor
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

plexor
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষুদ্র ডাক্তারি হাতুড়িবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

plexor
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Plexor
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

PLEXOR
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

plexor
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

plexor
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Plexor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật để nghe bịnh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

plexor
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पि्लेक्टर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

perküsyon çekici
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

plexor
65 millions of speakers
pl

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plexor
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

plexor
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

plexor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

plexor
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plexor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plexor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plexor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plexor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEXOR»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plexor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEXOR»

Discover the use of plexor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plexor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plexor
It held secrets he couldn't explain, secrets that created a buried fear. "Plexor" tells the story of George's unplanned emotional journey to discover why he cannot anchor onto any part of his life.
Kenneth Schalhoub, 2013
2
Health Assessment and Physical Examination
Flex the middle finger of the dominant hand, called the plexor. The fingernail of the plexor finger should be very short to prevent undue discomfort and injury to the nurse. The other fingers on this hand should be fanned. 5. Flex the wrist of the  ...
Mary Ellen Estes, 2013
3
Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History-Taking
With a quick, sharp but relaxed wrist motion, strike the pleximeter finger with the right middle finger, or plexor finger. Aim at your distal interphalangeal joint. You are trying to transmit vibrations through the bones of this joint to the underlying ...
Lynn Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi, 2012
4
A Dictionary of Medicine and the Allied Sciences
Exten'lor Bocun'di Interno'tiii Poi'iicis. The ktensor Pollicis Longua. then'sor Triceps. The Triceps. Pamera'lil. Sec Quodrt'ccps Femon's. Flexor 1ccesso'rins. Plexor Accessories Digito'rum Pedla. The Quadratus l'lantre. Flexor Brovis Digito' rnm.
Alexander Duane
5
Sapira's Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis
A Method Place the third finger (pleximeter) of your left hand firmly against the surface to be percussed and then rap a pair of drum strokes on its distal phalanx using the tip of your right third finger as a mallet (the plexor). The first beat of the ...
Jane M. Orient, 2012
6
New Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment: Physico Clinical ...
scheider's orthopercussion; distal phalanx of the plessimeter finger is held perpendicular to the superficies (Fig. 12). For those unskilled in finger-finger percussion, the plexor and pleximeter shown lnng^^nave been devised by the author. Fig.
Albert Abrams, 1996
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Nursing Assessment: History-taking and the Physical Examination
percussing rapidly and immediately withdrawing the plexor. If percussion is not done rapidly, the vibrations can be muffled by continuous pressure on the pleximeter; - not percussing too hard. This will harm the pleximeter and the desired ...
M. J. Viljoen, 1996
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Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Called also Lerch p. finger p. percussion in which the fingers of one hand are used as a plexor, and those of the other as a pleximeter. fist p. percussion in which the fist is brought down with a moderate thump over the area to be tested.
Dorland, 2011
9
Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Methodology: Methodology
Plexor. HY. Kit. Krenke, B. E., et al. (2008). Developmental validation of a real- time PCR assay for the simultaneous quantification of total human and male DNA . Forensic Science International: Genetics, 3, 14–21. Plexor HY.
John M. Butler, 2011
10
General Nursing
Percussion is carried out indirectly on the body in the following way: the finger doing the percussing is called the plexor and the finger being percussed, the pleximeter. The middle finger (pleximeter) is placed on the body surface, without the ...
M.J. Viljoen, L.R. Uys, 1988

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEXOR»

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Computex 2015: Plexor for Storage Domination
Most of the companies that guru3D has contact with seem to have a booth at Nangang, the primary computex facility. So does Plextor. Plextor is ... «guru3d.com, Jun 15»
2
Crime Notes: June 3
May 25, 12:30 a.m., Samantha Lee Casserly, 25, of 1201 Plexor Lane, Knightdale was charged with resisting a public officer. ▫ May 25, 10:45 ... «News & Observer, Jun 15»
3
Plextor M5M 256GB mSATA 2-Drive SSD RAID Report
... The Plextor M5M (256GB) retails for $179.86 at Amazon. Canada: The Plexor M5M (256GB) retails for CDN$246.88 at Amazon Canada. «TweakTown, Jun 14»
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Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 SSD Review – RAID Tested at 1.4GB/s
There are optional double adaptor cards available, just wondering how to do this correctly with Plexor and keeping everything right, since you ... «The SSD Review, Mar 14»
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Successful diet doctor embroiled in thorny legal battle over Toronto …
... including roughly $460,000 that was deposited into Ms. Walton's personal account and $154,000 transferred electronically to Plexor Plastics ... «National Post, Dec 13»
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Plextor PX-LB950SA internal Blu-ray drive review
Plexor's PX-LB950SA has a similar specification to its rivals. It can write to standard 25GB BD-R discs at 12-speed, to 50GB BD-R DL discs at ... «PC Advisor, Jan 12»
REFERENCE
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