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| 1. | readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity. |
| 2. | capable of being touched or felt; tangible. |
| 3. | Medicine/Medical. perceptible by palpation. |
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adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin palpābilis, from Latin palpāre, to touch gently; see pāl- in Indo-European roots.] pal'pa·bil'i·ty n., pal'pa·bly adv. |
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palpable
c.1384, "that can be touched," from L.L. palpabilis "that may be touched or felt," from L. palpare "touch gently, stroke" (see feel (v.)). Fig. sense of "easily perceived, evident" is from 1545.
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| palpable | |
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| 1. | capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie" [ant: impalpable] |
| 2. | can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor" |
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Palpable
Palp\, n. [Cf. F. palpe. See Palpable.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Palpus.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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