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For centuries, doctors have used their hands as essential diagnostic tools -- exploring joints and palpating abdomens to assess a patient's health.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

But hadn’t a snoozing Archie been on our couch plenty of times before, a stress-relieving lump of warm fur, perfect for mindless palpating?

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2021

Didn't I just touch my face at the supermarket after palpating the avocados?

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2020

I sat through several recordings of people palpating packets of noodles, pretzels, popcorn.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2013

The impulse is heaving, pushing the palpating hand forcibly up from the chest wall.

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