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Noun: ballottement  bu'lót-munt
  1. A palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a foetus by feeling the rebound of the foetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)

Derived forms: ballottements

Type of: palpation, tactual exploration

Encyclopedia: Ballottement