NOUN | act | ballottement | 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 / wall / wall of the uterus) |
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Meaning | 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 / wall / wall of the uterus). | |
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Broader | palpation, tactual exploration | A method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) |
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