Word.ws English Dictionary

palmoscopy

palmoscopy noun: observation of the pulse.

Noun

palmoscopy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Observation of the pulse.
  2. Divination through examination of the pulse.

Origin of palmoscopy

From Ancient Greek παλμός (palmós, “quivering motion”) + -scopy. By surface analysis, palmo- + -scopy.

Questions about palmoscopy

What does palmoscopy mean?
Palmoscopy means observation of the pulse.
What part of speech is palmoscopy?
Palmoscopy is a noun.

Words near palmoscopy in the dictionary

  1. palmoplantar
  2. palmopustular
  3. Palmore
  4. Palmores
  5. palmos
  6. palmoscopy
  7. palmostatin
  8. palmostatins
  9. palmprint
  10. palmprints
  11. Palmquist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: palmoscopy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “palmoscopy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/palmoscopy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.