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Act of touching or feeling.

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  1. n. Act of touching or feeling.
  2. n. Examination of a patient by touch.
  3. n. 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)
  4. 1. Act of touching or feeling. 2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. Quain.
  5. Examination of a patient by touch. Quain.
  6. n:100 n. 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)