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self-palpation

self-palpation noun: the process of using one's hands and fingers to carefully feel one's own body to detect abnormalities, such as lumps, swelling, cysts, or textural changes.

Noun

self-palpation (countable and uncountable, plural self-palpations)

  1. the process of using one's hands and fingers to carefully feel one's own body to detect abnormalities, such as lumps, swelling, cysts, or textural changes
    Synonyms:
    autopalpation, self-exam, self-examination

Synonyms of self-palpation

Forms of self-palpation

pluralself-palpations

Origin of self-palpation

From self- + palpation.

Questions about self-palpation

What does self-palpation mean?
Self-palpation means the process of using one's hands and fingers to carefully feel one's own body to detect abnormalities, such as lumps, swelling, cysts, or textural changes.
What part of speech is self-palpation?
Self-palpation is a noun.
What is the plural of self-palpation?
The plural of self-palpation is self-palpations.

Words near self-palpation in the dictionary

  1. self-organizing maps
  2. self-originated
  3. self-own
  4. self-owns
  5. self-paced
  6. self-palpation
  7. self-parasitic
  8. self-parasitism
  9. self-pardon
  10. self-pardoned
  11. self-pardoning

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