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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

स्पर्श परीक्षण

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sparsh parikshan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Palpation/pælˈpeɪ.ʃən/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"डॉक्टर ने पेट की स्पर्श परीक्षण किया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of examining a patient's body by touch, especially for medical diagnostic purposes to determine the texture, temperature, consistency, and location of body parts.

    "Gentle palpation of the abdomen revealed localized tenderness in the lower right quadrant."
  2. 2

    The sensory feeling or perception experienced through touch.

    "The physician relied on the delicate palpation of the superficial pulse."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'palpatio', meaning a stroking or caressing, stemming from 'palpare' (to touch gently or feel). The term entered medical English in the 17th century, evolving from a general sense of touching to a specific clinical diagnostic method performed by healthcare professionals.

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