- 1. n. Act of touching or feeling. Source: opted
- 2. n. Examination of a patient by touch. Source: opted
- 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) Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. Act of touching or feeling. 2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. Quain. Source: webster
- 5. Examination of a patient by touch. Quain. Source: adambom
- 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) Source: ecdict
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