different between palpation vs palpate

English

Etymology

palpate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

palpation (countable and uncountable, plural palpations)

1. (medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• palpation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• palpation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• palpation at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palp?ti?, or from palper +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal.pa.sj??/

Noun

palpation f (plural palpations)

1. palpation

Further reading

• “palpation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palp?tus, perfect passive participle of palp? (“touch softly”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?l?p?t, IPA^(key): /?pælpe?t/

Verb

palpate (third-person singular simple present palpates, present participle palpating, simple past and past participle palpated)

1. To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medicine) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
   • 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":

     David reached inside with his fingers and palpated a logic board.

   I palpated his expired heart.

Synonyms

• touch

Translations

Adjective

palpate (not comparable)

1. Of palp, or having palp.

Related terms

• palp
• palpability
• palpable
• palpation
• palpiform
• palpitate
• palpitation

Further reading

• palpate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• palpate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Noun

palpate f

1. plural of palpata

Verb

palpate

1. second-person plural present indicative of palpare
2. second-person plural imperative of palpare
3. feminine plural of palpato

Latin

Verb

palp?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of palp?