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Palpation

"Palpation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Application of fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body to determine consistence of parts beneath in physical diagnosis; includes palpation for determining the outlines of organs.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Palpation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Palpation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 11 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1999
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