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How to pronounce “percuss”
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Pronunciation guide for percuss
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of percuss with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Abraham Verghese: A doctor's touch 18 minutes
I would percuss the chest. I would listen to the heart.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to.
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How to pronounce percuss
Abraham Verghese: A doctor's touch 18 minutes
I would percuss the chest. I would listen to the heart.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “percuss”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to.
- (intransitive) To impact.
- (transitive, chiefly medicine) To attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface).
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