2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
palpable absurdity; palpable errors. "Three persons palpable." P. Plowman.
[Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable.
Shak. — Pal"pa*ble*ness, n. — Pal"pa*bly, adv.
Palpation
(Pal*pa"tion) n. [L. palpatio, fr. palpare. See Palpable.]
1. Act of touching or feeling.
2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. Quain.
Palpator
(||Pal*pa"tor) n. [L., a stroker.] (Zoöl.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those
which have very long maxillary palpi.
Palpebra
(||Pal"pe*bra) n.; pl. Palpebræ [L.] (Zoöl.) The eyelid.
Palpebral
(Pal"pe*bral) a. [L. palpebralis, fr. palpebra: cf. F. palpébral.] Of or pertaining to the eyelids.
Palpebrate
(Pal"pe*brate) a. (Zoöl.) Having eyelids.
Palped
(Palped) a. (Zoöl.) Having a palpus.
Palpi
(||Pal"pi) n., pl. of Palpus. (Zoöl.) See Palpus.
Palpicorn
(Pal"pi*corn) n. [See Palpus, and Cornu.] (Zoöl.) One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia)
having short club-shaped antennæ, and long maxillary palpi.
Palpifer
(Pal"pi*fer) n. [Palpus + L. ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) Same as Palpiger.
Palpiform
(Pal"pi*form) a. [Palpus + -form: cf. F. palpiforme.] (Zoöl.) Having the form of a palpus.
Palpiger
(Pal"pi*ger) n. [See Palpigerous.] (Zoöl.) That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in
insects.
Palpigerous
(Pal*pig"er*ous) a. [Palpus + -gerous.] (Zoöl.) Bearing a palpus. Kirby.
Palpitant
(Pal"pi*tant) a. [L. palpitans, p. pr.] Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. Carlyle.
Palpitate
(Pal"pi*tate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Palpitated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Palpitating] [L. palpitare, palpitatum,
v. intens. fr. pappare. See Palpable.] To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound
with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; — said specifically of the heart when its action is
abnormal, as from excitement.
Palpitation
(Pal`pi*ta"tion) n. [L. palpitatio: cf. F. palpitation.] A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an
abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
Palpless
(Palp"less) a. (Zoöl.) Without a palpus.
Palpocil
(Pal"po*cil) n. [See Palpus, and Cilium.] (Zoöl.) A minute soft filamentary process springing
from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.
Palpus
(||Pal"pus) n.; pl. Palpi [NL. See Palp.] (Zoöl.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense
organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular
palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also
palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.
