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palpate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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pal·pate /pælˈpeɪt $ ˈpælpeɪt/ verb [transitive] medical  MHto touch part of someone’s body in order to examine it 触诊,触摸检查
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palpateThe increasing reliance on imaging suggests that the technique of palpating a pyloric tumour is a declining art.Another 7% had a mass palpated before imaging, giving a total of 87% of cases that were diagnosed clinically.The art of palpating for a pyloric mass should be taught by experienced senior staff to junior staff and students.A large abdominal faecal mass was palpated in 42% of patients, indicating a severe form of constipation.A further clinical examination is time consuming since it entails preparing another feed and watching or palpating the abdomen throughout a feed.They palpated the lumps, the pea-shaped thing and the horse-shoe-shaped thing.Not so the beetle grubs, even after I squeeze them, palpate them, and breathe on them.
Origin palpate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of palpare; → PALPABLE
pal·pate verbChineseSyllable
order Corpus someone’s in touch to to body part of


palpate
palpate /pælˈpeɪt $ ˈpælpeɪt/ verb [transitive] medical
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: past participle of palpare; palpable
to touch part of someone’s body in order to examine it


pal·pateBrE /pælˈpeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /pælˈpeɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they palpate BrE /pælˈpeɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /pælˈpeɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it palpates BrE /pælˈpeɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /pælˈpeɪts/ 🔊past simple palpated BrE /pælˈpeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /pælˈpeɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle palpated BrE /pælˈpeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /pælˈpeɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form palpating BrE /pælˈpeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /pælˈpeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (medical 医学) to examine part of the body by touching it 触诊;触摸检查 pal·pa·tion BrE /pælˈpeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /pælˈpeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]