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Palpation can detect the blastula about three weeks in at earliest.
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Palpation: technique of using hands to help make a diagnosis.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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Palpation: technique of using hands to help make a diagnosis.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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Palpation revealed a cystic immobile tumor, extending 2 inches above the umbilicus and apparently fixed by deep adhesions.
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Palpation revealed a cystic immobile tumor, extending 2 inches above the umbilicus and apparently fixed by deep adhesions.
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Palpation of the affected area with the probe causes intense pain.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Palpation of the neck, and particularly of the larynx and trachea, should be carried out in all cases presenting the symptoms described; and as bearing on the question of operation, enlargement of the cervical lymph glands and of the thyreoid should be looked for; cancer of the thyreoid is sometimes secondary to disease at the pharyngo-œsophageal junction.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Palpation of the abdomen is basically an exam -- using touch -- for any tenderness or abnormal masses.
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Timberlines, Palpation Preponderancy Ones or any other flag.
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Timberlines, Palpation Preponderancy Ones or any other flag.
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