self-palpation

noun

The process of using one's hands and fingers to carefully feel one's own body to detect abnormalities, such as lumps, swelling, cysts, or textural changes

Similar
autopalpation
OriginEnglish palpation ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

nounself-palpation (countable and uncountable, plural self-palpations)

plural self-palpations

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe process of using one's hands and fingers to carefully feel one's own body to detect abnormalities, such as lumps, swelling, cysts, or textural changes

    Synonyms: autopalpation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process of using one's hands and fingers to carefully feel one's own body to detect abnormalities, such as lumps, swelling, cysts, or textural changes

Similar
autopalpation

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishpalpate
  9. Englishpalpation
  10. Englishself-palpation

From self- + palpation.

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Translations

French autopalpation
  • autopalpationTranslations
Italian autopalpazione
  • autopalpazioneTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

self-palpation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-palpation

MLA

“self-palpation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-palpation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-palpation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-palpation.

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