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Palpable
Can be felt or touched. For example, with a bone fracture, the ends of the bone might be palpable below the skin. Or, if the spleen is enlarged, it may be palpable in the abdomen.
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1. Perceptible to touch; capable of being palpated. 2. Evident; plain. [see palpation]

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pal·pa·ble 'pal-pə-bəl adj capable of being touched or felt esp capable of being examined by palpation <the tip of the spleen was questionably \palpable (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)>

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palp·a·ble (palґpə-bəl) perceptible by touch.

Medical dictionary. 2011.