palpatory

1. 1.

   relating to or involving palpation

Questions about palpatory

What does palpatory mean?

palpatory means "relating to or involving palpation".

How many syllables are in palpatory?

palpatory has 4 syllables and divides as pal-pa-to-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is palpatory a common word?

palpatory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.