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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Percussed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Percussing.] [L. percussus, p. p. of percutere; per
     + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]
     To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss
     the chest in medical examination.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Flame percussed by air giveth a noise.   --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. i. (Med.)
     To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See
     Percussion, 3. --Quain.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Percussed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Percussing.] [L. percussus, p. p. of percutere; per
     + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]
     To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss
     the chest in medical examination.
  
           Flame percussed by air giveth a noise.   --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Percuss \Per*cuss"\, v. i. (Med.)
     To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See
     Percussion, 3. --Quain.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  percuss
       v : strike or tap firmly; "the doctor percussed his chest and
           back"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  percuss
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
     2 (lb en intransitive) to impact
     3 (lb en transitive chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the
  location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying
  surface)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  percuss
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
     2 (lb en intransitive) to impact
     3 (lb en transitive chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the
  location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying
  surface)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  percuss
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
     2 (lb en intransitive) to impact
     3 (lb en transitive chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the
  location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying
  surface)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  percuss
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
     2 (lb en intransitive) to impact
     3 (lb en transitive chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the
  location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying
  surface)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  percuss /pəkˈʌs/ 
  proklepat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  percuss /pəkˈʌs/
  vyšetřit poklepem

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  percuss /pəkˈʌs/
  1. kuvvetli ve çabuk vurmak
  2. (tıb.) muayene gayesiyle parmaklarla veya bir aletle hafif hafif vurmak.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 叩诊;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 叩诊,敲

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