palpation
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
[edit] Noun
palpation (plural palpations)
- (medicine) 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.
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[edit] External links
- palpation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- palpation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- palpation at OneLook Dictionary Search
