HyperDic: palpation

English > 1 sense of the word palpation:
NOUNactpalpation, tactual explorationa 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)
English > palpation: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA 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).
Synonymtactual exploration
NarrowerballottementA 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)
Broaderexamination, scrutinyThe act of examining something closely (as for mistakes / mistakes)
touch, touchingThe act of putting two things together with no space between them
Spanishpalpación
Catalanpalpació
Adjectivespalpatoryrelating to or involving palpation
Verbspalpateexamine (a body part) by palpation

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