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plessimeter(dictionary)

pelade (iou) and plessimeter (medicine)


pelade (iou)



pelade noun. . M18.
[French, from peler deprive of hair.]
Medicine. Alopecia, esp. in a locally inflammatory form.
peladic adjective L19.

plessimeter (medicine)


plessimeter


An oblong flexible plate used in mediate percussion by being placed against the surface and struck with the plessor.

Synonym: pleximeter, plexometer.

Origin: G. Plesso, to strike, + metron, measure