palmoscopy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλμός (palmós, “quivering motion”) + -scopy. By surface analysis, palmo- +‎ -scopy.

Noun

palmoscopy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Observation of the pulse.
  2. Divination through examination of the pulse.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.