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palpates

  • present tense form of palpate (3rd person singular).

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“Monster” turns out to be but one of several words the author carefully palpates, finding it “male, testicular, old world. It’s a hairy word, and has teeth.”

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2023

He prods and palpates patients head to toe, searching for tiny tears where muscles attach to bone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much depends on the sensitiveness of the fingers of him who palpates, and much upon the relation of the palpated artery to the surrounding, chiefly underlying, structures.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

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