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palpation

[ pal-pey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of examining a person or thing by touch, especially a patient in order to make a diagnosis:

    His belly is distended, and on deep palpation I clearly feel a hard mass in the upper right quadrant.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of palpation1

First recorded in 1450–1500; from Latin ±è²¹±ô±èÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of ±è²¹±ô±èÄå³Ù¾±Å “a stroking, flatteryâ€; palpate 1( def ), -ion ( def )
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Modern CT scans, for example, perform better than even the best surgeons’ palpation of a painful abdomen in detecting appendicitis.

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Her chest pain had gone away, though during the examination her physician noticed tenderness along her sternum from the palpation exam.

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Osteopathic schools, on the other hand, stress physical diagnosis techniques like palpation or percussion — gently tapping the abdominal area, say, to determine if the size and shape of the liver suggest inflammation.

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Brennan’s examination was conducted by the method of palpation the larynx.

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Additionally, I had rebound tenderness – pain that is greater when the examiner releases pressure on palpation – which is another indication that I had some type of peritoneal irritation.

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