Palpate

Palpate
To examine by touch or feel. On the physical examination of a patient, the edge of an enlarged liver may often be palpated below the rib cage. Palpate comes from the Latin "palpare" (to stroke or to pat). Just as the Latin word means to touch or feel lightly, that is how a doctor palpates the abdomen.
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To examine by feeling and pressing with the palms of the hands and the fingers.

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pal·pate 'pal-.pāt vb, -pat·ed; -pat·ing vt to examine by touch: explore by palpation vi to use the technique of palpation

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pal·pate (palґpāt) [L. palpare to touch] to examine by the hand; to feel.

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  • palpate — transitive verb (palpated; palpating) Etymology: probably back formation from palpation, from Latin palpation , palpatio, from palpare Date: circa 1852 to examine by touch especially medically • palpation noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • palpate — 1. verb /ˈpælpeɪt/ to examine, or otherwise explore, (usually an area or organ of the human body) by feeling it I palpated his expired heart. Syn: touch 2. adjective /ˈpælpeɪt/ of palp, or having palp See Al …   Wiktionary

  • palpate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To bring the hands or fingers, for example, into contact with so as to give or receive a physical sensation: feel, finger, handle, touch. See TOUCH …   English dictionary for students

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