Definitions for "palpate"
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To examine for medical purposes by touching, as of body parts; as, the nurse palpated the patient's stomach.
To examine by pressing on the surface of the body to feel the organs or tissues underneath.
examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"
to touch or feel.
To feel by touching. Making a Diagnosis
Latin palpare = to touch, and palpatus = touched; hence, to examine by feeling, and palpation, such an examination.
To check for eggs by feeling inside the rear leg cavity.
To examine or feel by the hand.
To examine by pressing or touching
To examine by feeling with the hands and fingers.
To examine by hand, to feel.
To examine by touch.
To feel with the fingers.