palp-, palpo-, palpi- +

1. Not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
2. Difficult for the mind to grasp readily or easily; such as, impalpable distinctions.
3. With reference to a powder, so fine that when rubbed between the fingers no grit is felt.
4. Impossible of being detected by touch; extremely fine, or small.

One of the labial (surface next to lips) palpi or a feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects.

Light, fingertip palpation of the abdominal and thoracic surfaces to delineate the underlying organs.

Having long palps.

Palps are feelers; especially, the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; such as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs.

Palpation of a ptotic or enlarged kidney with one hand while the other hand is placed under the lumbar region, the subject being examined in the dorsal decubitus (reclining) position.

The quality of being perceivable, or perceptible, by touch.

1. Capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially, capable of being handled or touched or felt.
2. That which can be handled, touched, or felt.
3. Easily perceived, perceptible; obvious.
4. Perceptible to the touch or capable of being touched or palpated.
5. In medicine, that which can be felt by palpating: "The doctor noticed that the patient had a palpable tumor."

1. To examine a part of the body by feeling with the hands and fingers; especially, to distinguish between swellings that are solid and those that are filled with fluid.
2. To touch or to feel; for example, the edge of an enlarged liver may be palpated below the rib cage.

Just as the Latin word means "to touch" or "to feel lightly", that is how a doctor palpates the abdomen.

1. A simple technique in which a doctor presses lightly on the surface of the body to feel the organs or tissues underneath.
2. An act of touching or feeling.
3. A physical examination in medical diagnosis with the use of the pressure of the hand or fingers to the surface of the body; especially, to determine the condition (as of size or consistency) of an underlying body part or organ.
4. Examination by touch for purposes of medical diagnosis; application of the hand or fingers to a part, or insertion of a finger into a body orifice, to detect characteristics and conditions of local tissues or of underlying organs or tumors.

A device for measuring pressure-induced pain threshold.

To touch with the palm of the hand, to stroke.

Combined palpation and percussion meaning: finger percussion in which the resistance of the tissues under the finger as well as the sound elicited are used in aiding diagnosis.

1. Someone who examines examines or explores by touching (an organ or area of the body), usually as a diagnostic aid.
2. One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi.

Direct percussion (striking or tapping of the surface of a part of the body) with the purpose of obtaining diagnostically relevant information by tactile (touching) rather than auditory means.

1. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
2. An eyelid or eyelids.