palpation, tactual exploration
(noun) 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)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
palpation (countable and uncountable, plural palpations)
(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.
Source: Wiktionary
Pal*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. palpatio, fr. palpare. See Palpable.]
1. Act of touching or feeling.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Examination of a patient by touch. Quain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
