In medicine terms the difference between palpation and percussion
is that palpation is the act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc while percussion is the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
percussion
English
Noun
(countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound
(countable) the sound so produced
(countable) the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm
(medicine) the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis
(music) the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group
(engineering) the repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling
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palpation
English
Noun
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en noun)
(medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.
Related terms
* palp
* palpability
* palpable
* palpate
* palpiform
* palpitate
* palpitation
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