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How to pronounce palpate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms feel
Type of touch
Verb group feel
Derivation palpation, palpatory


The nurse palpated the patient's stomach.

Examples of palpate

palpate
The notion that you might want to palpate your own cantaloupe was absurd.
From the nytimes.com
The nurses palpate a threadlike vessel on the child's forehead.
From the time.com
Bring Arctic foxes into kitchen and palpate their bladders until they have urinated on the blueberries.
From the guardian.co.uk
The macrovibrissae were imaged from overhead as the animals perched across the gap to palpate the target platform.
From the nature.com
In time he manages to palpate the beloved object.
From the time.com
Falling during a blank trial was a necessary event for all trained rats, as it reinforced the need to palpate before crossing.
From the nature.com
The entire process of the book was to discover the repressed elements of contemporary culture, whatever they are, and palpate them.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It is usually fairly straightforward to palpate a perineal hernia, but it is important to realize it is commonly a bilateral condition.
From the kansas.com
By having the patient return within a short interval, you may find that there is something you can clearly palpate earlier on has completely disappeared.
From the abcnews.go.com
More examples
  • Examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"
  • (palpation) 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)
  • (palpatory) relating to or involving palpation
  • Palpation is used as part of a physical examination in which an object is felt (usually with the hands of a healthcare practitioner) to determine its size, shape, firmness, or location. Palpation should not be confused with palpitation, which is an awareness of the beating of the heart.
  • To examine, or otherwise explore, (usually an area or organ of the human body) by feeling it; of palp, or having palp
  • (palpation) Examination by pressing on the surface of the body to feel the organs or tissues underneath.
  • (Palpation) The act of examining the spine with your fingers.
  • (palpation) examination by feeling part of the body.
  • (palpation) (pal-pay-shun) using the hands to examine. A palpable mass is one that can be felt.