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
the application of the fingers to the surface of the skin or other tissues, suing varying amounts of pressure, to selectively determine the condition of the parts beneath
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
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)