Definitions for palpation
Princeton's WordNet
palpation, tactual exploration(noun)
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)
Wiktionary
palpation(Noun)
The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patientu2019s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.
Origin: From palpate + -tion
Webster Dictionary
Palpation(noun)
act of touching or feeling
Palpation(noun)
examination of a patient by touch
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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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