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palpation |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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