English dictionary
ballottement
/b/@/'l/A/tm/@/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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)
Source: WordNet 3.0