Word: palpation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pal
pa
tion
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: palp
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To feel, to explore by touch.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: palpare
Language: la
Decoded: palpare
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I touch softly, stroke, pat.
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: resembling the specified thing
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.