palpate

verb

pal·pate | \ˈpal-ˌpāt

palpated; palpating

Definition of palpate

transitive verb

: to examine by touch especially medically

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Examples of palpate in a Sentence

The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness.

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The doctor palpates her neck, peers into her throat, scopes her sinuses. — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, "If I Stay Author Gayle Forman Shares an Excerpt From Her New YA Novel," 18 Jan. 2018 My body continues to buzz as the physician’s assistant palpates my breasts, now made of abdominal tissue surgically sewn into place. — Bryna Siegel Finer, Philly.com, "Five years after breast cancer, a survivor feels cut off from the care that kept her safe," 10 Jan. 2018 On Friday afternoon, using blue chalk paint, Stacy Levy plans to palpate a few sidewalks on the Upper East Side of Manhattan to visualize the path of a stream, now out of sight, that has been running since ancient times. — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, "Tracing the Waterways Beneath the Sidewalks of New York," 11 May 2017

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