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ballottement

ballottement noun: a method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.

Noun

ballottement (countable and uncountable, plural ballottements)

  1. (historical) A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
  2. An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee.

ballottement meaning in Tamil

ballottement in Tamil

குலுக்கல்

Forms of ballottement

pluralballottements

Origin of ballottement

From French ballottement, from ballotter (“ballot”).

Questions about ballottement

What does ballottement mean?
Ballottement means a method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
What is ballottement in Tamil?
Ballottement in Tamil is குலுக்கல். See Ballottement meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ballottement?
Ballottement is a noun.
What is the plural of ballottement?
The plural of ballottement is ballottements.

Words near ballottement in the dictionary

  1. ballottable
  2. ballotte
  3. ballotted
  4. ballottee
  5. ballottees
  6. ballottement
  7. ballottements
  8. ballottes
  9. ballotting
  10. ballotté
  11. ballottés

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballottement (page history and authors); ballottement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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