Meanings
nounplexor (plural plexors)
plural plexors
- archaicmedicineA hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.First known use 19th c.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Similar
plessorpercussor
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπλῆξις“stroke”
- Englishplexor
From Hellenistic Ancient Greek πλῆξις (plêxis, “stroke”) + -or, after flexor etc.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
plexor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plexor
MLA
“plexor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plexor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plexor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plexor.
Source: plexor on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.