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Palpation
(redirected from bimanual palpation)

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pal·pate 1  (plpt)
tr.v. pal·pat·ed, pal·pat·ing, pal·pates
To examine or explore by touching (an organ or area of the body), usually as a diagnostic aid. See Synonyms at touch.

[Latin palpre, palpt-, to touch gently; see pl- in Indo-European roots.]

pal·pation n.
palpator n.
palpa·tory (-p-tôr, -tr) adj.

pal·pate 2  (plpt)
adj.
Having a palp or palps.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.palpation - 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)
touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
ballottement - a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)
examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)


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The investigations in ginekolog are instrumental that is mostly speculum, bimanual palpation, retro-vaginal that is the state of cervix or the lower part of uterus, upper portion of vagina, pelvic bones, ovaries are examined by inserting fingers inside vagina and putting pressure from above.
Likewise, the submandibular gland may not be found by bimanual palpation, and saliva may not be obtained from the duct orifice by pressing the submandibular area on the side of the aplasia.
Bimanual palpation and visual inspection suggested a high likelihood of a gross deformity of the maxilla if the lesion were to be enucleated primarily.
 
 
 
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