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Ballottement Definition & Meaning

ballottement
noun
  1. 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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What does ballottement mean?
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)
What part of speech is ballottement?
Ballottement is a noun.

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