"palpation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: palpations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From palpate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|palpate|ion}} palpate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} palpation (countable and uncountable, plural palpations)
  1. (medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: faradopalpation, palpational, repalpation Related terms: palp, palpability, palpable, palpate, palpiform, palpitate, palpitation Translations (in medicine): опипване (opipvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), палпитация (palpitacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 触诊 (chùzhěn) (Chinese Mandarin), palpaatio (Finnish), Palpation [feminine] (German), ψηλάφιση (psiláfisi) [feminine] (Greek), ψαύση (psáfsi) [feminine] (Greek), palpare [feminine] (Romanian), palpație [feminine, rare] (Romanian)

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