Meanings
verbself-palpate (third-person singular simple present self-palpates, present participle self-palpating, simple past and past participle self-palpated)
present singular third person self-palpates · participle present self-palpating · participle past self-palpated · past self-palpated
- transitiveTo palpate (something) by oneself.
The patient should be asked to self-palpate the chest and abdominal areas to obtain self-awareness of their breathing during phonation.
2014, Recognizing and Treating Breathing Disorders, page 210
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishpalpate
- Englishself-palpate
Translations
French autopalper
- autopalperto palpate (something) by oneself
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Chicago
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