palpate
verb (used with object)
to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
palpates
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present tense formof palpate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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 Louis Marshall Warfield
