percussor
American
[per-kuhs-er]
/ pərˈkʌs ər /
noun
Medicine/Medical.
Etymology
Origin of percussor
1885–90; < New Latin, Latin: one that beats, equivalent to percut-, stem of percutere to beat ( see percuss) + -tor -tor, with tt > ss
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