单词 | palpating |
释义 | palpatingadj. That palpates something.In quot. 1887: (of an instrument) used for palpation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [adjective] palpatory1875 palpating1887 the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [adjective] > examination by touch manipulatory1827 palpatory1875 palpating1887 palpable1897 manipulated1899 1887 Mind 12 207 Most probing and palpating instruments are rigid. 1901 G. R. Butler Diagnostics Internal Med. xxxiii. 431 The re-enforcement of the palpating hand by the other preserves the perceptive delicacy which the former would otherwise lose. 1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xvi. 170 The carpal scaphoid bone is directly beneath the palpating finger. 1996 Pulse 20 Apr. 74/1 Dopplers are much more accurate at measuring peripheral pulse pressures than a palpating finger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1887 |
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