Plessimeter vs. Pleximeter — What's the Difference?

A Pleximeter is a device used in percussion, as part of a clinical examination, to absorb the energy generated by the strike from the plexor. During percussion the middle finger of examiner's hand is routinely used as pleximeter.

(medicine) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with the body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion.

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.

A small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations