#palpation__tactual_exploration__tactualexploration  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)
  subtype:  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)
  supertype:  examination.investigating__inspection__scrutiny  the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
     supertype:  investigating__investigation  the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
        supertype:  work  activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"
           supertype:  activity  any specific activity or pursuit; "they avoided all recreational activity"
              supertype:  human_action__humanaction__act__human_activity__humanactivity  something that people do or cause to happen
                 supertype:  process__proces  situation commonly considered as making a change during some period of time
                    supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                       supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                    supertype:  process_or_process_description
                       supertype:  processing_thing
                          supertype:  thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                             supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                 supertype:  process__proces__physicalsituation  intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
                    supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                    supertype:  process_or_process_description
                    supertype:  physical__physical_thing  an entity that has a location in space-time; locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time; click here for more details on the identical category sowa#physical_thing
                       supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
  supertype:  touch__touching  the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
     supertype:  deed__feat__effort__exploit  a notable achievement: "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"
        supertype:  achievement  the action of accomplishing something
           supertype:  action  something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
              supertype:  human_action__humanaction__act__human_activity__humanactivity  something that people do or cause to happen

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