PALPABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palpable mean? 

• PALPABLE (adjective)
  The adjective PALPABLE has 4 senses:

1. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

2. (medicine) can be felt by palpation

3. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

4. so intense as to be almost touched or felt

  Familiarity information: PALPABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALPABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

Synonyms:

palpable; tangible

Context example:

a palpable lie

Also:

perceptible (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses)

Antonym:

impalpable (imperceptible to the senses or the mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(medicine) can be felt by palpation

Context example:

a palpable tumor

Similar:

perceptible (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Derivation:

palpability (the quality of being perceivable by touch)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Synonyms:

apparent; evident; manifest; palpable; patent; plain; unmistakable

Context example:

a palpable lie

Similar:

obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)

Sense 4

Meaning:

So intense as to be almost touched or felt

Context example:

there was a palpable sense of joy in the air

Similar:

intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)

 Context examples 

This domain captures information of any palpable masses examined during the experimental phase.

(Palpable Masses Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to palpable masses.

(Palpable Masses Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

It was a palpable display, repeated on every possible occasion.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Inflammation of the blood vessel wall characterized by palpable purpura.

(Cutaneous Vasculitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Pain with or without a palpable mass is the most common clinical presentation.

(Childhood Conventional Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Large tumors are often accompanied by a palpable abdominal mass.

(Pancreatic Mucinous Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Pain and a palpable mass are the most frequent clinical sign and symptom.

(Bone Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Pain with or without a palpable mass is the most frequent clinical symptom.

(Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The gross palpable or visible/demonstrable extent and location of malignant growth.

(Gross Target Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients usually present with abdominal distention, pain, ascites, and a palpable abdominal mass.

(Desmoplastic small round cell tumor, NCI Thesaurus)