palpation

The act of touching; feeling by the sense of touch.

Specifically, in medicine, manual examination, or a method of exploring various organs by feeling them with the hand or hands.

Act of touching or feeling.

Examination of a patient by touch.

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.

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)