Definition of palps:
(v) :
To feel, to explore by touch.
(n) :
A fleshy part of a fingertip.
(adj) :
(medicine, colloquial) Palpatory; obtained by palpation.
(n) :
(zoology) Synonym of pedipalp.
(n) :
(medicine, uncountable, colloquial) Clipping of palpation. [(medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.]