Palpation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Palpation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Palpation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palpation n 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) Synonym(s): palpation, tactual exploration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palpation \Pal*pa"tion\, n. [L. palpatio, fr. palpare. See {Palpable}.] 1. Act of touching or feeling. 2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. --Quain.