Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Palpation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
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)
The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.