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单词 palpate
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pal•pate1 /ˈpælpeɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 
  1. Medicineto examine by touch, esp. for the purpose of seeing if there is disease or illness:The doctor palpated my stomach to see if the tumor had grown.
pal•pa•tion /pælˈpeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pal•pate1  (palpāt),USA pronunciation v.t., -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 
  1. Medicineto examine by touch, esp. for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
  • Latin palpātus, past participle of palpāre to stroke, touch; see palpus, -ate1
  • 1840–50;
pal•pation, n. 
pal•pa•to•ry  (palpə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. 
pal•pate2  (palpāt),USA pronunciation adj. [Zool.]
  1. Zoologyhaving a palpus or palpi.
  • palp(us) + -ate1 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
palpate /ˈpælpeɪt/ vb
  1. (transitive) to examine (an area of the body) by the sense of touch and pressure
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin palpāre to stroke

palˈpation n
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