Definitions for percuss

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percuss per·cuss

Spelling: [per-kuhs]

IPA: /pərˈkʌs/

Percuss is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in percuss (ceprssu).

Definitions for percuss

verb (used with object)

1. Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
2. to strike (something) so as to shake or cause a shock to.

verb (used without object)

1. Medicine/Medical. to strike the surface of a part of the body for diagnostic purposes.

Origin of percuss

1550-60; Latin percussus, past participle of percutere to strike hard, beat, equivalent to per- per- + -cut(ere), combining form of quatere to shake (see Examples for percuss

Some find it easier to percuss the dullness due to the heart in this way than by mediate percussion.