palpated
Felt for diagnosis
Palpated is the past tense of palpate, a medical term meaning to examine by touch.
Doctors palpate the abdomen to check for tenderness or abnormal masses, or palpate lymph nodes to assess swelling: The physician palpated her thyroid gland.
The word comes from Latin for "touched gently" and remains almost exclusively clinical.
Terminal phalanx pads
- pressureForce upon contact
- gentleSoft and kind
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- deepFar from surface
systematic · bilateral · careful · methodical · circular · probing · assessing · locating
Torso's lower cavity
- lymphInterstitial body fluid
- nodesPoints of connection
- thyroidHormone-producing neck gland
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
spleen · mass · tumor · gland · tissue · muscle · pulse · artery
Methodical assessment or review
- physicalOf body or matter
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
evaluation · auscultation · percussion · inspection · differential · screening · checkup · workup
fingertips
Terminal phalanx pads
deep · systematic · bilateral · careful · methodical · circular · probing · assessing · locating · detecting
abdomen
Torso's lower cavity
liver · spleen · mass · tumor · gland · tissue · muscle · pulse · artery · organ
examination
Methodical assessment or review
- physicalOf body or matter
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
diagnosis · evaluation · auscultation · percussion · inspection · differential · screening · checkup · workup · findings
tenderness
Gentle, caring quality
coolness · texture · elasticity · pulsation · throbbing · pain · discomfort · swelling · lumpiness · rigidity
palpatedimaged
Captured visually or mentally
scanned · X-rayed · visualized · observed · ultrasounded
palpatedignored
Purposely not noticed
neglected · overlooked · skipped · disregarded · omitted