palpation
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- noun
- /pælˈpeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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palpación
- Bowel sounds could be heard, and there was no tenderness on palpation.
- palpation-guided FNAB
- tenderness on palpation
- tender to palpation
Examples
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All four quadrants of the abdomen are painful to palpation.
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At least 11 of 18 tender points on digital palpation using approximately 4 kg of pressure.
Academic text (2003) -
On physical examination, a soft fusiform mass is often visible and located on palpation.
Academic text (2015) -
And by fourth grade, I knew what a distended ileum felt like on palpation.
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Findings on head and neck examination were significant for diffuse neck tenderness on palpation.
Academic text (2004) -
The mass was only mildly painful to palpation and did not drain fluid from any site when manipulated.
Academic text (1995) -
No tenderness was evident on palpation of the supraorbital foramen.
Academic text (2006) -
In our opinion, office-based arytenoid palpation is a simple, safe, and accurate procedure for diagnosing bilateral vocal fold immobility.
Academic text (2006) -
The typical crepitus found on palpation will immediately distinguish subcutaneous emphysema from hematoma, edema, and abscess formation.
Academic text (2002) -
The doctor used palpation to check for any abnormalities in the patient's abdomen.
Synonyms
To check a person's body by touch to find size, shape, firmness, or location of parts
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
palpation = palpate (transparent) = palp + ation
Formed by nominalizing the verb 'palpate' with '-ation'; the meaning 'the act or process of palpating' follows directly.
Etymology
The word palpation comes from the Latin root palp- meaning 'to touch' or 'to feel', and you can see the same root in palpable, which means 'able to be felt'. So palpation is the medical act of feeling part of the body with the hands to check size, shape, firmness, or pain.