palpate

as in to feel
medical to examine (part of the body) by touching it The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness.

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Recent Examples of palpate Expect a thorough exam, during which the provider will palpate (touch) the bicep, check for swelling or tenderness, and assess your range of motion and strength. Sarah Jividen, Health, 11 Oct. 2024 At your prenatal visits, your doctor or midwife will check your baby's position by palpating or feeling your belly to find the baby’s head, back, and bottom. Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 25 July 2024 The lead veterinarian, Cristina Buitrago, knelt and palpated the hippo’s abdomen to feel for his testicles, located in the inguinal canal. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024 Providers may need to use special techniques during manual cancer exams in people with obesity, like when palpating larger breasts or performing a rectal exam. Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2024 Kuang’s narrative palpates the nuances of cultural performance and writerly ethics, finally concluding that all authors steal for material anyway. Zoe Hu, Washington Post, 12 May 2023 Interpreting Results To determine whether dry needling is an effective treatment for you, your healthcare provider or therapist will palpate your trigger points and ask you about your level of pain, movement, and stiffness following your session. Brittany Ferri, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2023 Determined faces, arms and hands plunged into a heap of apricots, one euro per kilo, palpating and rejecting them, stuffing them in bags, in a joyous frenzy of gathering. Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023 Teachers and students forget that the ability to palpate is not the same as the ability to feel. Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2016
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  • Purdy, however, felt McCaffrey’s impact was obvious.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • For many people, denying the existence of a climate crisis is not only convenient but may feel psychologically necessary.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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  • The measure had been the subject of heated public discussion that touched on the character of the growing city.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The project won multiple development awards – kicking off with the Ibero-American Grant for Film Project Development – and touches on themes of role reversal and resilience.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • The precipitous decline shaved $2.4 billion off Trump’s net worth between Wednesday and Friday, cutting deeply into the $3.6 billion in gains Trump made during the previous month.
    David Goldman, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • After quadrupling in price just days before, the stock has lost 31% of its value during a two-day decline, shaving about $1.9 billion from former President Donald Trump's stake in the business.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
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  • In this film, trauma trickles down through the generations, but not in the obvious or pat ways that descendants of survivors have captured it before.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Place the seeds one-fourth of an inch apart and pat them into the soil.
    Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024

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“Palpate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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