Usually means: Examination by pressing on body.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word palpation:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. palpation: Merriam-Webster
  2. palpation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palpation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. palpation: Vocabulary.com
  5. Palpation, palpation: Wordnik
  6. palpation: Wiktionary
  7. palpation: Dictionary.com
  8. Palpation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Palpation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. palpation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. palpation: Rhymezone
  12. Palpation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. palpation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. palpation: FreeDictionary.org
  15. palpation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Palpation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palpation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palpation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. palpation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. palpation: Sound Alike Words
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  10. Palpation: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  11. Palpation: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  12. palpation: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  13. palpation: Medical dictionary
  14. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  15. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See palpate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (palpation)

noun:  (medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.

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