- ballottement
- nouna 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)• Hypernyms: ↑palpation, ↑tactual exploration
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\\bəˈlätmənt, ba-, F bȧlȯtmäⁿ\ noun (-s)medicine : a method of determining the presence or absence of a floating object by using the sense of touch: asa. : the act of pushing up the uterus with a finger inserted below in order to detect pregnancy by feeling the return impact when a fetus displaced in the amniotic fluid sinks backb. : a similar procedure for diagnosing floating kidney* * *
/beuh lot"meuhnt/, n. Med.a physical diagnostic technique used to detect solid objects surrounded by fluid, as abdominal organs or tumors, performed by suddenly compressing the fluid with the hand, causing the solid object to abut against the hand.* * *
‖ ballottement Med.(bəˈlɒtmənt)[Fr., f. ballotter: see ballot v.2]A mode of diagnosing pregnancy, in which, upon a sudden push with the finger on the front of the uterus, the fœtus is felt to move away and return again.Hooper Med. Dict. 242. Tanner Pregn. ii. 43.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.