Definitions for ballottementbəˈlɒt mənt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bal•lotte•mentbəˈlɒt mənt(n.)
a medical diagnostic technique of palpating an organ or floating mass by pushing it forcefully and feeling it rebound.
Category: Medicine
Origin of ballottement:
1830–40; < F: a tossing
Princeton's WordNet
ballottement(noun)
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)
Wiktionary
ballottement(Noun)
A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
ballottement(Noun)
An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee.
Origin: From ballottement, from ballotter.
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