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noun
The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: tactual exploration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: touch, touching, examination, scrutiny
Narrower terms: ballottement
History
Etymology tree English palpate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English palpation From palpate + -ion.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
