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Noun: palpation
  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)
    - tactual exploration

Derived forms: palpations

See also: palpate, palpatory

Type of: examination, scrutiny, touch, touching

Encyclopedia: Palpation