noun
- Plural of plexor; small hammers or mallets used by physicians to test reflexes or examine patients.
Usage: medical; also called reflex hammers or percussion hammers
Examples
- The doctor used plexors to test the patient's knee reflexes.
- Medical students learn to use plexors during their physical examination training.
- Several plexors of different sizes were arranged on the examination table.
- The neurologist tapped the tendon with one of the plexors to assess nerve function.