Associations to the word «Palpation»

Wiktionary

PALPATION, noun. (medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.

Dictionary definition

PALPATION, 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).

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley