palpation
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1. 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) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | examination, scrutiny, |
| definition | : | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | ballottement, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.act) |
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