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  2. Palpation - Wikipedia

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    Palpation is the process of using one's hands to check the body, especially while perceiving/diagnosing a disease or illness. [1] Usually performed by a health care practitioner, it is the process of feeling an object in or on the body to determine its size, shape, firmness, or location (for example, a veterinarian can feel the stomach of a pregnant animal to ensure good health and successful ...

  3. Myofascial trigger point - Wikipedia

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    They are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers. [1] They are a topic of ongoing controversy, as there is limited data to inform a scientific understanding of the phenomenon. [ clarification needed ] Accordingly, a formal acceptance of myofascial " knots " as an identifiable source of pain is more common among ...

  4. Intangibility - Wikipedia

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    Intangibility refers to the lack of palpable or tactile property making it difficult to assess service quality. [1] [2] [3] According to Zeithaml et al. (1985, p. 33), “Because services are performances, rather than objects, they cannot be seen, felt, tasted, or touched in the same manner in which goods can be sensed.” [4] As a result, intangibility has historically been seen as the most ...

  5. Splenomegaly - Wikipedia

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    Splenomegaly is an enlargement of the spleen. [1] The spleen usually lies in the left upper quadrant (LUQ) of the human abdomen.Splenomegaly is one of the four cardinal signs of hypersplenism which include: some reduction in number of circulating blood cells affecting granulocytes, erythrocytes or platelets in any combination; a compensatory proliferative response in the bone marrow; and the ...

  6. Heart murmur - Wikipedia

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    One may hear it at the left lower sternal border. A palpable S2 in the second left intercostal space correlates with pulmonary hypertension due to mitral stenosis. The cooing dove murmur is a cardiac murmur with a musical quality (high pitched). Associated with aortic valve regurgitation (or mitral regurgitation before rupture of chordae).

  7. Courvoisier's law - Wikipedia

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    To reiterate, the law simply says that jaundice and non-tender, palpable gall bladders are caused by other things than chronic bile gallstone formation. [citation needed] The law does not say that these symptoms automatically mean pancreatic cancer. It just happens that pancreatic cancer is the most common cause that falls under Courvoisier's ...

  8. Spleen - Wikipedia

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    A spleen easily palpable below the costal margin in any child over the age of three to four years should be considered abnormal until proven otherwise. Splenomegaly can result from antigenic stimulation (e.g., infection), obstruction of blood flow (e.g., portal vein obstruction), underlying functional abnormality (e.g., hemolytic anemia ), or ...

  9. Palpable - Wikipedia

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    Search for Palpable in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Palpable article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .