ballottement
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bal·lotte·ment
(bə-lŏt'mənt) 
n. Medicine
A palpatory technique for detecting or examining a floating object in the body, as:
n. Medicine
A palpatory technique for detecting or examining a floating object in the body, as:
- The use of a finger to push sharply against the uterus and detect the presence or position of a fetus by its return impact.
- Palpation of the abdominal wall while a kidney is being pushed sharply from the backside, used as a test for determining the presence of a floating kidney.
[French, from ballotter, to toss, from Italian ballotta, diminutive of dialectal balla, ball. See balloon.]
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ballottement
[Fr.] a palpatory maneuver to test for a floating object, especially for detecting pregnancy by pushing the fist, in the case of cows, the fingertips in the case of ewes, into the abdominal wall, causing the fetus to move from and quickly return to the fist or fingers.
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categories related to 'ballottement'
- Procedures - ballottement: technique that examines fluid-filled body part to detect floating object, esp. during pregnancy
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