Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to percuss
Participle: percussed
Gerund: percussing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | percuss |
| you | percuss |
| he;she;it | percusses |
| we | percuss |
| you | percuss |
| they | percuss |
Perfect
| I | have percussed |
| you | have percussed |
| he;she;it | has percussed |
| we | have percussed |
| you | have percussed |
| they | have percussed |
Past
| I | percussed |
| you | percussed |
| he;she;it | percussed |
| we | percussed |
| you | percussed |
| they | percussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had percussed |
| you | had percussed |
| he;she;it | had percussed |
| we | had percussed |
| you | had percussed |
| they | had percussed |
Future
| I | will percuss |
| you | will percuss |
| he;she;it | will percuss |
| we | will percuss |
| you | will percuss |
| they | will percuss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have percussed |
| you | will have percussed |
| he;she;it | will have percussed |
| we | will have percussed |
| you | will have percussed |
| they | will have percussed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | percuss |
| you | percuss |
| he;she;it | percuss |
| we | percuss |
| you | percuss |
| they | percuss |
Perfect
| I | have percussed |
| you | have percussed |
| he;she;it | have percussed |
| we | have percussed |
| you | have percussed |
| they | have percussed |
Imperfect
| I | percussed |
| you | percussed |
| he;she;it | percussed |
| we | percussed |
| you | percussed |
| they | percussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had percussed |
| you | had percussed |
| he;she;it | had percussed |
| we | had percussed |
| you | had percussed |
| they | had percussed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would percuss |
| you | would percuss |
| he;she;it | would percuss |
| we | would percuss |
| you | would percuss |
| they | would percuss |
Perfect
| I | would have percussed |
| you | would have percussed |
| he;she;it | would have percussed |
| we | would have percussed |
| you | would have percussed |
| they | would have percussed |
Imperative
| you | percuss |
| we | Let's percuss |
| you | percuss |
Verbs conjugated like 'percuss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'percuss'
excuss,
perfuse,
permiss,
peruse,
repercuss,
concuss,
cuss,
degauss,
discuss,
excess,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin percussus, past participle of percutiō (“to strike, to beat”), from per (“through”) + quatiō (“to shake, to strike”).
Verbs referencing "percuss"
Italian
percuotere.
Sample Sentences
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Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no sound.
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Give me thy hand Gonzalo, thou art in our favour, / For we do love to cheriſh lofty ſpirits, / Such as percuſſe the Earth, and bound / With an erected countenance to the clouds. [c. 1619, John Ford (formerly attributed to Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher), The Laws of Candy, [Act II, Scene i], page 304]
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Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.
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The doctor percussed his chest to determine whether he had pneumonia.
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Percussing a patient's spleen is best done while he is on his back.
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As you percuss the kidneys, check for pain or tenderness, behind other organs which suggests a kidney infection. Remember to percuss both sides of the body to assess both kidneys. [2007, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Emergency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN:]
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PERCUSS the abdomen for tones. Percuss the abdomen when you suspect distention, fluid, or solid masses. Procedure: See Chapter 3 for the procedures for percussion. Percuss all quadrants for tones, using indirect percussion to assess density of abdominal contents (Fig. 13-11). Percuss in each quadrant for tympany and dullness. FIG. 13-11 Systematic Route for Abdominal Percussion. [2016, Susan F. Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens, Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 259:]