palpate
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin palpātus, perfect passive participle of palpō (“touch softly”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpalpate (third-person singular simple present palpates, present participle palpating, simple past and past participle palpated)
- To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medicine) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
- I palpated his expired heart.
- 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
- David reached inside with his fingers and palpated a logic board.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editto examine by feeling
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Adjective
editpalpate (not comparable)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “palpate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “palpate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editpalpate f
Etymology 2
editVerb
editpalpate
- inflection of palpare:
Etymology 3
editParticiple
editpalpate f pl
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editpalpāte
Spanish
editVerb
editpalpate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of palpar combined with te
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