Term: 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)
Candidate hypernym: touch: the act of putting two things together with no space between them → 1
Candidate hypernym: eggcup: dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg → 0
Candidate hypernym: fondness: a predisposition to like something → 0
Candidate hypernym: amplifier: electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it → 0
Candidate hypernym: coefficient of elasticity: (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body → 0
Candidate hypernym: copulative conjunction: the conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings → 0
Candidate hypernym: reflectometer: a meter that measures the reflectance of a surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: gastronomy: a particular style of cookery (as of a region) → 0
Candidate hypernym: auction: a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge → 0
Candidate hypernym: marasca: Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur → 0
Candidate hypernym: gunnery: guns collectively → 0