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plexor

UK/ˈplɛksə/

plexor noun: a hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.

Noun

plexor (plural plexors)

  1. (archaic) A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.
    • Crowded in amongst his pocket's pens was the rubber head of a diagnostic plexor.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 71

Forms of plexor

pluralplexors

Origin of plexor

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis, “stroke”) + -or, after flexor etc.

Questions about plexor

What does plexor mean?
Plexor means a hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.
What part of speech is plexor?
Plexor is a noun.
How do you pronounce plexor?
Plexor is pronounced /ˈplɛksə/ (UK).
What is the plural of plexor?
The plural of plexor is plexors.

Words near plexor in the dictionary

  1. plexogenic
  2. plexometer
  3. plexometers
  4. plexopathies
  5. plexopathy
  6. plexor
  7. plexoradiculoneuropathies
  8. plexoradiculoneuropathy
  9. plexors
  10. plexotomies
  11. plexotomy

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