bimanual percussion

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• bimanual percussion — the usual manner of percussion in which the middle finger of the left hand is placed against the body wall and is struck a quick blow with the end of the bent right middle finger …   Medical dictionary

• percussion — 1. A diagnostic procedure designed to determine the density of a body part by the sound produced by tapping the surface with the finger or a plessor; performed primarily over the chest to determine presence of …   Medical dictionary

• Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… …   Medical dictionary