palpation

Noun
  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) (synset 100144705)
    is a type of:
    • touch, touching - the act of putting two things together with no space between them
    • examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
    subtypes: ballottement - a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)
    same as: tactual exploration

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