palpation

Definitions of palpation
  1. noun
    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)
    synonyms: tactual exploration
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    types:
    ballottement
    a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)
    type of:
    touch, touching
    the act of putting two things together with no space between them
    examination, scrutiny
    the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
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