palpate

(păl'pāt')
tr.v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.
To examine or explore by touching (an organ or area of the body), usually as a diagnostic aid. See synonyms at touch.

[Latin palpāre, palpāt-, to touch gently.]

palpation pal·pa'tion n.
palpator pal'pa'tor n.
palpatory pal'pa·tor'y (-pə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

pal·pate² (păl'pāt')
adj.
Having a palp or palps.

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verb

To bring the hands or fingers, for example, into contact with so as to give or receive a physical sensation: feel, finger, handle, touch. See touch/not touch.

[probably by back-fromation from palpation]  to examine by touch

To perform palpation.

(pal′pāt)
v

To examine the soft tissues with the fingers or hands.

For a list of words related to palpation, see:

• Procedures - palpation: examination of body part by feeling and probing with hands and fingers

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See words rhyming with "palpate."

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - følingsundersøgelse, palpere

2.
adj. - have følehorn

Nederlands (Dutch)
tasten (medisch onderzoeken)

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - (Méd) palper

2.
adj. - (Zool) pourvu d'antennes (des mollusques)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - betasten

2.
adj. - (zool.) mit Tastorganen versehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ψηλαφώ, ψαύω, εξετάζω με την αφή

Italiano (Italian)
palpare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - apalpar

Русский (Russian)
пальпировать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - palpar, auscultar

2.
adj. - tener palpos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - känna/ta på, palpera (läk.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 触诊

2. 有触须的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 有觸鬚的

2.
v. tr. - 觸診

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 손으로 만져보다, 족진하다

2.
adj. - 촉수가 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - さわってみる, 触診する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجس, يتحسس, يتلمس, يرتجف, ينبض بسرعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מישש, בדק‬
adj. - ‮בעל אברי-חישה בפיו (חרק)‬

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