palpation

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palpation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Palpation \Pal*pa"tion\, n. [L. palpatio, fr. palpare. See
     Palpable.]
     1. Act of touching or feeling.
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     2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. --Quain.
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palpation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  palpation
      n 1: 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) [syn:
           palpation, tactual exploration]