Usually means: Examine by touching for medical.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word palpate:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. palpate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. palpate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palpate, palpate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. palpate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. palpate: Vocabulary.com
  6. palpate: Wordnik
  7. palpate: Wiktionary
  8. palpate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. palpate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. palpate: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. palpate: Dictionary.com
  12. Palpate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. palpate: Rhymezone
  14. palpate: Free Dictionary
  15. palpate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. palpate: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palpate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Palpate: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Palpate: Medical dictionary
  5. Palpate: Drug Medical Dictionary
  6. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palpate: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)

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verb:  To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medicine) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
adjective:  Of palp, or having palp.

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