palpate
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pălʹpāt, IPA(key): /ˈpælpeɪt/
Verb
palpate (third-person singular simple present palpates, present participle palpating, simple past and past participle palpated)
- To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medicine) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
- 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
- David reached inside with his fingers and palpated a logic board.
- I palpated his expired heart.
Synonyms
Translations
to examine by feeling
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Related terms
Further reading
- “palpate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “palpate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian
Verb
palpate
- inflection of palpare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Latin
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