percussing
Drumming with fingers
Percussing is tapping a surface to assess what lies beneath.
Physicians percuss the chest or abdomen, listening to the resulting sounds to evaluate organs and detect fluid or masses: The doctor percussed her back to check for lung congestion.
The technique exploits how hollow versus solid areas produce different tones.
Percussive rhythm-making
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- tappingRepeated light striking
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- tempoRate of musical performance
cadence · polyrhythm · syncopation · groove · timbre · mallet · bongo · conga
drumming
Percussive rhythm-making
tempo · cadence · polyrhythm · syncopation · groove · timbre · mallet · bongo · conga · timpani
palpation
Medical examination by touch
- auscultationMedical listening examination
- tympanyGas-caused abdominal swelling
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
dullness · diagnosis · thorax · abdomen · chest · reflexes · ascites · effusion · flatness · pleural
striking
Noticeably impressive
- tappingRepeated light striking
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
- poundingForceful repeated striking
rapping · thumping · knocking · beating · force · blow · contact · vibration · reverberation · sound production
percussingcaressing
Touching with affection
stroking · releasing · withdrawing · refraining · abstaining
- percussion sectionStruck instrument players
- body percussionSounds from striking oneself
- keyboard percussionTuned bars struck with mallets
- percussion instrumentsInstruments played by striking
- tuned percussionStruck instruments with pitch
- hand percussionInstruments played by striking directly
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