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PALPABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
So intense as to be almost touched or felt
Example:
there was a palpable sense of joy in the air
Classified under:
Similar:
intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Example:
a palpable lie
Synonyms:
apparent; evident; manifest; palpable; patent; plain; unmistakable
Classified under:
Similar:
obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
Example:
a palpable lie
Synonyms:
palpable; tangible
Classified under:
Adjectives
Also:
perceptible (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses)
Antonym:
impalpable (imperceptible to the senses or the mind)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(medicine) can be felt by palpation
Example:
a palpable tumor
Classified under:
Adjectives
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)
Context examples:
Common presenting features include a palpable abdominal mass, hepatomegaly, and a thoracic mass detected on routine chest X-ray.
(Ganglioneuroma, NCI Thesaurus)
These changes include diffuse erythema, edema, peau d'orange (skin of an orange) appearance, tenderness, induration, warmth, enlargement, and in some cases a palpable mass.
(Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinically, there is no evidence of palpable hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, malabsorption syndrome, or pathologic fractures.
(Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
As he went on I felt as if my soul were grappling with a palpable enemy; one by one the various keys were touched which formed the mechanism of my being; chord after chord was sounded, and soon my mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
An illusion that won't convince is a palpable lie, and that's what grand opera is to me when little Barillo throws a fit, clutches mighty Tetralani in his arms (also in a fit), and tells her how passionately he adores her.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
