1) Diagnose by touching 2) Examine by palpation 3) Examine by touching 4) Examine in order to diagnose 5) Examine with feeling 6) Feel 7) Touch 1) Feel 
To touch or feel. The liver's edge may be palpated. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(pal´pāt) to perform palpation.
To examine or explore by touch.
Type: Term Pronunciation: pal′pāt Definitions: 1. To examine by feeling and pressing with the palms of the hands and the fingers.
Palpate: To touch or feel. For example, the edge of an enlarged liver may be palpated below the rib cage. From the Latin 'palpare' (to stroke or to pat). Just as the Latin word means to touch or feel lightly, that is how a doctor palpates the abdomen.
To examine by feeling with the hands and fingers.
[v] - examine by palpation for medical purposes
palpate 1. To examine a part of the body by feeling with the hands and fingers; especially, to distinguish between swellings that are solid and those that are filled with fluid. 2. To touch or to feel; for example, the edge of an enlarged liver may be palpated below the rib cage. Just as the Latin word means 'to touch' or 'to feel lightly', that i...
Feeling for kits in the uterus through the abdominal wall. A test breeders use to determine pregnancy
Feeling for the developing embryos within the abdominal cavity of the pregnant doe. This is said to be the most reliable way to determine pregnancy in the domestic rabbits. 
Latin palpare = to touch, and palpatus = touched; hence, to examine by feeling, and palpation, such an examination.