palpation

English

Etymology

From palpate + -tion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

palpation (plural palpations)

1. (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.

Related terms

• palp
• palpability
• palpable
• palpate
• palpiform
• palpitate
• palpitation

Translations

in medicine

• Greek: ψηλάφηση (el) (psiláfisi) f, ψηλάφιση (el) (psiláfisi) f

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