palpate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈpælpeɪt/
Definition of palpate
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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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.”
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verb
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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.”
adj
- (not-comparable)Of palp, or having palp.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin palpātus, perfect passive participle of palpō (“touch softly”).
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