palpate
Example Sentences
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For centuries, doctors have used their hands as essential diagnostic tools -- exploring joints and palpating abdomens to assess a patient's health.
From Science Daily
As he writes: “It wasn’t just people nervously palpating their glands every 10 minutes.”
From New York Times
A video features a couple of Kardashian-Jenners palpating a wall illuminated by blinking neon tube lights.
From New York Times
He was gently palpating my foot to see what points made me yelp, while introducing the topic of gratitude into the conversation.
From New York Times
She palpated the lymph nodes under his neck and arms, down his torso, and checked his scars for healing, while the three of us waited for the scan images to appear on her computer.
From Washington Post
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