| P&A | percussion and auscultation |
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| PA&F | percussion, auscultation, and fremitus |
| percus | percussion |
| PN | papillary necrosis; parenteral nutrition; penicillin; perceived noise; percussion note; periarteriti... |
| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| Murphy's percussion | Examination for dullness by striking the chest wall directly with the fingertips of one hand successively, beginning with the fifth finger. Synonym: piano percussion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| deep percussion | Heavy percussion to obtain information about deeply situated organs or structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| direct percussion | The striking of the part under examination directly with the finger or a plessor, without the intervention of another finger or plessimeter. Synonym: direct percussion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immediate percussion | The striking of the part under examination directly with the finger or a plessor, without the intervention of another finger or plessimeter. Synonym: direct percussion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| threshold percussion | Percussion effected by means of a glass rod as a plessimeter, the rod being inclined to the wall of the chest or abdomen and touching it only by one extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| finger percussion | Percussion in which a finger of one hand is used as a plessimeter and one of the other hand as a plessor. (05 Mar 2000) |