ballottement
IPA: bˈæɫʌtmʌnt
noun
- (medicine) A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
- (medicine) An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee.
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Examples of "ballottement" in Sentences
- Cephalic ballottement was obtained in the large tumor.
- The differential diagnosis is with a non displaced fracture of the ankle: edema, pain over the external lateral ligament, and look for ballottement of the ankle bone.