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Definition of Palpable
1. Adjective. Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt. "A palpable lie"
Similar to: Perceptible
Also: Perceptible
Antonyms: Impalpable
Derivative terms: Tangibility, Tangibleness
2. Adjective. Can be felt by palpation. "A palpable tumor"
Similar to: Perceptible
Derivative terms: Palpability
Definition of Palpable
1. a. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form.
Definition of Palpable
1. Adjective. Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible. ¹
2. Adjective. Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable. ¹
3. Adjective. (medicine) That can be detected by palpation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palpable
1. capable of being felt [adj] : PALPABLY [adv]
Medical Definition of Palpable
1. 1. Perceptible to touch; capable of being palpated. 2. Evident; plain. Origin: see palpation (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palpable
Literary usage of Palpable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"palpable, that can be felt, obvious. (F..-L.) In Macb. ii. l. 40. ... to throb;
frequentative of palpare, to feel, orig. to move quickly. See palpable. ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"... new or whole milk was milk which had been iati | skimmed or watered to a very
palpable exte MILK SUPPLY OF ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1863)
"The soundness of the author's reasoning may not unfrequently be called in question,
and there seem to us to be palpable inconsistencies between the doctrine ..."
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