Word: pleximeters
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ple
xi
me
ters
Definition: Plural of pleximeter; a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations
Morphemes:
Affix: pleximeter
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πλήσσω
Language: grc
Decoded: plesso
Meaning: to strike, smite
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: -meter
Language: en
Decoded: -meter
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the names of measuring devices.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.