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Verb: palpate  'pal,peyt
  1. (medicine) examine (a body part) by palpation
    "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach";
    - feel

Derived forms: palpated, palpating, palpates

Type of: touch

Encyclopedia: Palpate

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