单词 | palpate |
释义 | † palpateadj. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Having palps. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > examine by gropec1000 handleOE tastec1290 feela1400 grob1654 explore1689 grubblea1690 pouter1808 palpate1850 fingle1907 the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > examine medically [verb (transitive)] > by touch toucha1398 explore1689 manipulate1876 palpate1898 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). < adj.1857v.1850 |
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