palpate

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to look forward to a visit to a surgeon who will feel up palpate (for the second time) my left breast* because the appointment will give me a brief, relatively quiet respite from my, er, "lively" children?

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  1. transitive verb To examine or explore by touching (an organ or area of the body), usually as a diagnostic aid. See Synonyms at touch.
  2. adjective Having a palp or palps.

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  • Now I can understand some repro vets who twitch to palpate a mare; they aren't on the most dangerous end. —  TheHorse.com News
  • KVT had wonderful aphorisms such as "let the spleen palpate your fingers rather than the other way around" (in the context of how to feel the belly). —  rediff.com
  • Pulse Quality Scale • 0 pulse not palpable or absent • +1 weak, thready, difficult to palpate • +2 diminished • +3 easy to palpate, full pulse • +4 strong, bounding pulse —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Assess the heart by inspecting the chest for pulsations and palpate for thrills. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • I always thought there was nothing more horrible to do to something than to crush it mercilessly, bathe it in acid, and then palpate it down a long tube sucking out nutrients before dropping it in a toilet … good thing no one does that to any holy foods, right? —  Planet Atheism
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin palpāre, palpāt-, to touch gently; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin palpatus, past participle of palpare, touch, stroke: see palp, v.
  2. from New Latin palpatus, from palpus, a feeler: see palp, n., and -ate.
 

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/ˈpælpeɪt/
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