palpation

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Palpation of Toby's prostate can reveal whether it is enlarged as it would be with prostatic hypertrophy or if it is irregular in shape, as it might be with cancer.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2011

Palpation by the fingers marks a further stage.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander

Palpation of the affected area with the probe causes intense pain.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Palpation revealed a cystic immobile tumor, extending 2 inches above the umbilicus and apparently fixed by deep adhesions.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Palpation with pressure short of reaching the posterior wall fails to give us any information of value; the soft and yielding structures simply glide away from the approaching finger.

From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry