tactual exploration

/ˌtæktʃ(əw)əl ˈɛkspləˌreɪʃən/

Definitions of tactual exploration

1. noun

   a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)
   synonyms: palpation

   types:

   ballottement

   a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)

   type of:

   touch, touching

   the act of putting two things together with no space between them

   examination, scrutiny

   the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)