palpationn.

Brit.

/palˈpeɪʃn/, U.S.

/pælˈpeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English palpacion, 1600s 1800s– palpation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin palpātiōn-, palpātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin palpātiōn-, palpātiō a caress, in post-classical Latin also touching, handling (Vulgate) < palpāt- , past participial stem of palpāre palp v.¹ + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare French palpation (1833; 14th cent. in Middle French in an isolated attestation). Compare earlier palpitation n.

Touching, feeling by touch; gentle handling; spec. medical examination by feeling.In quot. 1656 figurative: flattery. Cf. palp v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [noun]

palpation1483

grope?a1513

tractation1578

pertractation1598

attrectation1615

contrectation1624

tripotage1958

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > by physical means > by touch

touch1771

manipulation1817

palpation1844

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 19/2 Forthly by palpacion of his very body.

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning v. ii. 226 When a man essayes all kind of Experiments without sequence or method that is a meere palpation [L. palpatio].

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Palpation, flattery, cogging, fair speaking, soothing.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 387/1 Palpation, or Palmation..by which the object is discovered to be either rough or smooth, hairy or naked.

1838 N. Amer. Rev. July 168 A mode of examination now learnedly called palpation.

1844 R. Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 4) Palpation, the sense of Touch... It is also used for the mode of exploring disease by feeling..the diseased organ.

1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xxii. 320 A hairy thing lay by his side, which..he examined by palpation, and found to be a dog.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 898 The presence of emphysema tends to mask the percussion and palpation signs very considerably.

1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xviii. 199 Routine palpation of the abdomen should be carried out with the flat of the hand.

1976 Sci. Amer. Apr. 122/1 Both the male's grasping action and his palpation of the egg are demonstrations of a spectacular oral sensitivity and muscular control.

2001 N. Griffiths Sheepshagger 67 He knows from past experience the futility of kneading and palpation resulting only in a sore wrist and skin rubbed raw.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	palpation
释义	palpationn. Brit. /palˈpeɪʃn/, U.S. /pælˈpeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English palpacion, 1600s 1800s– palpation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin palpātiōn-, palpātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin palpātiōn-, palpātiō a caress, in post-classical Latin also touching, handling (Vulgate) < palpāt- , past participial stem of palpāre palp v.¹ + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare French palpation (1833; 14th cent. in Middle French in an isolated attestation). Compare earlier palpitation n. Touching, feeling by touch; gentle handling; spec. medical examination by feeling.In quot. 1656 figurative: flattery. Cf. palp v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [noun] palpation1483 grope?a1513 tractation1578 pertractation1598 attrectation1615 contrectation1624 tripotage1958 the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > by physical means > by touch touch1771 manipulation1817 palpation1844 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 19/2 Forthly by palpacion of his very body. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning v. ii. 226 When a man essayes all kind of Experiments without sequence or method that is a meere palpation [L. palpatio]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Palpation, flattery, cogging, fair speaking, soothing. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 387/1 Palpation, or Palmation..by which the object is discovered to be either rough or smooth, hairy or naked. 1838 N. Amer. Rev. July 168 A mode of examination now learnedly called palpation. 1844 R. Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 4) Palpation, the sense of Touch... It is also used for the mode of exploring disease by feeling..the diseased organ. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xxii. 320 A hairy thing lay by his side, which..he examined by palpation, and found to be a dog. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 898 The presence of emphysema tends to mask the percussion and palpation signs very considerably. 1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xviii. 199 Routine palpation of the abdomen should be carried out with the flat of the hand. 1976 Sci. Amer. Apr. 122/1 Both the male's grasping action and his palpation of the egg are demonstrations of a spectacular oral sensitivity and muscular control. 2001 N. Griffiths Sheepshagger 67 He knows from past experience the futility of kneading and palpation resulting only in a sore wrist and skin rubbed raw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1483
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