palpate
adjEtymology Borrowed from Latin palpātus, perfect passive participle of palpō (“touch softly”).
1
Of palp, or having palp.
- Derived terms
- longipalpate
- Related terms
- palp, palpability, palpable, palpation, palpiform, palpitate, palpitation
palpate
verb/ˈpælpeɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin palpātus, perfect passive participle of palpō (“touch softly”).
1
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.
- David reached inside with his fingers and palpated a logic board.1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
- Synonyms
- touch