percuss
/pəˈkʌs/verb
with obj.
- Medicine gently tap (a part of the body) with a finger or an instrument as part of a diagnosis【医】叩诊：
the bladder was percussed.
对膀胱进行了叩诊。
词源
mid 16th cent. （in the general sense 'give a blow to'）： from Latin percuss- 'struck forcibly', from the verb percutere, from per- 'through' + quatere 'to shake, strike'.