vt :  to tap sharply : esp  :  to practice percussion on <a healthy tooth ed with a metal instrument … gives a metallic sound -K. H. Thoma>  vi  :  to percuss a body part <ing with the ends of our fingers over the lungs -Robert Chawner>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  hy·per·ox·ia  per·oxy  Py·rex  py·rex·ia 
 
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