PALPATION
\palpˈe͡ɪʃən], \palpˈeɪʃən], \p_a_l_p_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PALPATION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Application of fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body to determine consistence of parts beneath in physical diagnosis; includes palpation for determining the outlines of organs.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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The sense of touch. It is also used for the mode of exploring diseases by feeling or pressing upon the diseased organ. A delicate and discriminating touch- tactus eruditus- is important in the diagnoses of many morbid conditions.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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