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percussor

[ per-kuhs-er ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of percussor1

1885–90; < New Latin, Latin: one that beats, equivalent to percut-, stem of percutere to beat ( percuss ) + -tor -tor, with tt > ss

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