Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palpation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palpation \Pal*pa"tion\, n. [L. palpatio, fr. palpare. See
{Palpable}.]
1. Act of touching or feeling.
2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. --Quain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
palpation
n : 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) [syn: {tactual
exploration}]
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