Associations to the word «Palpate»

Wiktionary

PALPATE, verb. To examine, or otherwise explore, (usually an area or organ of the human body) by feeling it.
PALPATE, adjective. Of palp, or having palp.

Dictionary definition

PALPATE, verb. Examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope