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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) palpation, tactual exploration
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)

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) palpation
act of touching or feeling

2. (noun) palpation
examination of a patient by touch

Definition of 'palpation'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. palpation
Application of fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body to determine consistence of parts beneath in physical diagnosis; includes palpation for determining the outlines of organs.

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