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)

Roots

ballotterballotte- · French · to toss about mentum-ment · French · action or result

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