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单词 palpate
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palpateadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: palp n., -ate suffix2.
Etymology: < palp n. + -ate suffix2, after scientific Latin palpatus (1776 or earlier).
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
Having palps.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > having form of a feeler > having feelers
palpal1857
palpate1857
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Palpalis, palpatus, applied to an insect having palpi remarkable for their colouring,..their length,..their form..or their mode of insertion and their number..: palpal: palpate.
1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 142 [The mite genus Trombidium.] Legs 7-jointed, palpate, with two minute terminal hooks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

palpatev.

Brit. /ˈpalpeɪt/, /palˈpeɪt/, U.S. /ˈpælˌpeɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin palpāt-, palpāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin palpāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of palpāre palp v.1 N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pæ·lpeit) /ˈpælpeɪt/.
transitive. To examine by the sense of touch, esp. for medical purposes; (spec. in Zoology, of an insect, etc.) to touch with the palps or antennae. Also intransitive.
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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > examine by
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > examine medically [verb (transitive)] > by touch
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1850 H. H. Salter in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 1151/1 The tongue of the common goose..constitutes a sort of sieve, through which the bird sifts and strains..the mud and water which it palpates in search of food.
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 655 Its [sc. the spleen's] rounded margin can be readily palpated.
1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son (1928) xxxvii. 395 He had been observing, palpating and percussing.
1959 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 28 260 The larvae have..begun to move and to palpate neighbouring larvae.
1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 400/2 A normal, infantile penis was present but no testes could be palpated either in the scrotum or in the inguinal canal.
2002 Western Horseman Jan. 65 The veterinarian looks at and palpates the horse's mouth, face, jaws, throatlatch, and neck.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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