"palp" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pælp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-palp.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ælp Etymology: * (verb): From French palper. * (noun): From New Latin palpus (“a feeler”). * Both ultimately from Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”). Etymology templates: {{sense|verb}} (verb):, {{bor|en|fr|palper}} French palper, {{sense|noun}} (noun):, {{bor|en|NL.|palpus||a feeler}} New Latin palpus (“a feeler”), {{der|en|la|palpō|t=to stroke, touch softly, feel}} Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} palp (not comparable)
  1. (medicine, colloquial) Palpatory; obtained by palpation. Tags: colloquial, not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: palpability, palpable, palpate, palpation, palpiform, palpitate, palpitation
    Sense id: en-palp-en-adj-C-haFA0Y Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

IPA: /pælp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-palp.wav [Southern-England] Forms: palps [plural], palpi [plural]
Rhymes: -ælp Etymology: * (verb): From French palper. * (noun): From New Latin palpus (“a feeler”). * Both ultimately from Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”). Etymology templates: {{sense|verb}} (verb):, {{bor|en|fr|palper}} French palper, {{sense|noun}} (noun):, {{bor|en|NL.|palpus||a feeler}} New Latin palpus (“a feeler”), {{der|en|la|palpō|t=to stroke, touch softly, feel}} Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|palpi}} palp (plural palps or palpi)
  1. (zoology) Synonym of pedipalp. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: pedipalp [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-palp-en-noun-bqQPZNuW Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Noun

IPA: /pælp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-palp.wav [Southern-England] Forms: palps [plural]
Rhymes: -ælp Etymology: * (verb): From French palper. * (noun): From New Latin palpus (“a feeler”). * Both ultimately from Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”). Etymology templates: {{sense|verb}} (verb):, {{bor|en|fr|palper}} French palper, {{sense|noun}} (noun):, {{bor|en|NL.|palpus||a feeler}} New Latin palpus (“a feeler”), {{der|en|la|palpō|t=to stroke, touch softly, feel}} Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} palp (countable and uncountable, plural palps)
  1. A fleshy part of a fingertip. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: pulp
    Sense id: en-palp-en-noun-sbsHjMM9
  2. (medicine, uncountable, colloquial) Short for palpation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable Alternative form of: palpation Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-palp-en-noun-tZ2nD59F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 23 2 41 2 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maxillary palp

Verb

IPA: /pælp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-palp.wav [Southern-England] Forms: palps [present, singular, third-person], palping [participle, present], palped [participle, past], palped [past]
Rhymes: -ælp Etymology: * (verb): From French palper. * (noun): From New Latin palpus (“a feeler”). * Both ultimately from Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”). Etymology templates: {{sense|verb}} (verb):, {{bor|en|fr|palper}} French palper, {{sense|noun}} (noun):, {{bor|en|NL.|palpus||a feeler}} New Latin palpus (“a feeler”), {{der|en|la|palpō|t=to stroke, touch softly, feel}} Latin palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} palp (third-person singular simple present palps, present participle palping, simple past and past participle palped)
  1. To feel, to explore by touch. Translations (to explore by touch): пипам (pipam) (Bulgarian), опипвам (opipvam) (Bulgarian), tunnustella (Finnish), palpoida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-palp-en-verb-Lrb-uWV6

Inflected forms

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