palpation

English

Etymology

palpate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

palpation (countable and uncountable, 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.

Derived terms

• faradopalpation
• palpational
• repalpation

 

Related terms

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

 

Translations

in medicine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 触诊 (zh) (chùzhěn)

• Finnish: palpaatio
• German: Palpation (de) f
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• Greek: ψηλάφιση (el) f (psiláfisi), ψαύση (el) f (psáfsi)
• Romanian: palpare (ro) f, palpație (ro) f (rare)

Further reading

• “palpation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “palpation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “palpation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palpātiō, or from palper +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal.pa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

palpation f (plural palpations)

1. palpation

Further reading

• “palpation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.