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Ballottement

nounid 15215·updated May 18, 2026
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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)

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Variants

plural
Ballottements
possessive
Ballottement's
pluralpossessive
Ballottements'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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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)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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)
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