Meaning | 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). |
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Synonym | tactual exploration |
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Narrower | ballottement | A palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall / wall / wall of the uterus) |
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Broader | examination, scrutiny | The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes / mistakes) |
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touch, touching | The act of putting two things together with no space between them |
Spanish | palpación |
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Catalan | palpació |
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Adjectives | palpatory | relating to or involving palpation |
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Verbs | palpate | examine (a body part) by palpation |
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