Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun palpation

1 sense of palpation

Sense 1
palpation, tactual exploration -- (a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional))
       => examination, scrutiny -- (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
       => touch, touching -- (the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights")