ballottev.

Brit.

/bəˈlɒt/, U.S.

/bəˈlɑt/

Inflections: Present participle ballotting; past tense and past participle ballotted;

Forms: 1600s– ballotte, 1800s– ballot.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ballotter.

Etymology: < French ballotter to shake (a person or thing) to and fro, to toss (a person or thing) hither and thither (like a ball) (1611 in Cotgrave), to move in response to ballottement (1852 or earlier; apparently rare in this sense) < ballotte ballot n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier ballottement n.

†1. transitive. To toss about like a ball, drive hither and thither. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > cause to move in a direction [verb (transitive)] > hither and thither

fleck1567

ballotte1680

tig-tag1846

to pillar and post1901

1680 Nation's Int. Pretensions Dk. York 4 That we be not again Balotted into a Field of Blood.

2. transitive. Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. To subject to ballottement. Also intransitive: to move in response to ballottement.

ΚΠ

1855 J. King Amer. Eclectic Obstetr. 382 Sometimes, instead of the hard, globular tumor felt in head presentations, a small tumor, the foot, may be felt, and ballotted.

1889 Med. Analectic 4 Apr. 168/2 The cavity and the pelvis were filled with liquid in which the uterus could be freely ballotted en masse.

1899 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Dis. Women & Children 39 651 The head was small and ballotted above the pelvis.

1917 C. Berkeley et al. Midwifery vi. 73 The fœtal head can be ‘ballotted’ quite late in pregnancy.

1923 Lancet 18 Aug. 322/2 It [sc. the head of a fetus] ballottes between the examining hands.

1976 Jrnl. Herpetol. 10 264 Several ova could be easily palpated and ballotted by fingers inserted beneath the shell.

2001 Clin. Techniques Small Animal Pract. 16 72/1 Digital measurement refers to the use of a finger to ballotte the eye against the floor of the orbit.

Derivatives

baˈllotting n. Medicine rare = ballottement n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [noun] > diagnosis > specific methods of diagnosis > of pregnancy

ballottement1830

repercussion1834

ballotting1856

1856 C. J. Hempel tr. G. H. G. Jahr Homœopathic Treatm. Dis. Females & Infants iii. ii. 326 The balloting [Fr. ballottement] of the fetus..can be perceived in most cases.

1900 A. F. A. King Man. Obstetr. (ed. 8) xvi. 292 The latter may sometimes be made to move by ballotting.

1968 R. T. Shackelford et al. Diagnosis Surg. Dis. II. 908 Often their surface can be palpated in these cases by exerting sudden pressure on the abdominal wall over them to displace the fluid (dipping, or ballotting).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ballotte
释义	ballottev. Brit. /bəˈlɒt/, U.S. /bəˈlɑt/ Inflections: Present participle ballotting; past tense and past participle ballotted; Forms: 1600s– ballotte, 1800s– ballot. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ballotter. Etymology: < French ballotter to shake (a person or thing) to and fro, to toss (a person or thing) hither and thither (like a ball) (1611 in Cotgrave), to move in response to ballottement (1852 or earlier; apparently rare in this sense) < ballotte ballot n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier ballottement n. †1. transitive. To toss about like a ball, drive hither and thither. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > cause to move in a direction [verb (transitive)] > hither and thither fleck1567 ballotte1680 tig-tag1846 to pillar and post1901 1680 Nation's Int. Pretensions Dk. York 4 That we be not again Balotted into a Field of Blood. 2. transitive. Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. To subject to ballottement. Also intransitive: to move in response to ballottement. ΚΠ 1855 J. King Amer. Eclectic Obstetr. 382 Sometimes, instead of the hard, globular tumor felt in head presentations, a small tumor, the foot, may be felt, and ballotted. 1889 Med. Analectic 4 Apr. 168/2 The cavity and the pelvis were filled with liquid in which the uterus could be freely ballotted en masse. 1899 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Dis. Women & Children 39 651 The head was small and ballotted above the pelvis. 1917 C. Berkeley et al. Midwifery vi. 73 The fœtal head can be ‘ballotted’ quite late in pregnancy. 1923 Lancet 18 Aug. 322/2 It [sc. the head of a fetus] ballottes between the examining hands. 1976 Jrnl. Herpetol. 10 264 Several ova could be easily palpated and ballotted by fingers inserted beneath the shell. 2001 Clin. Techniques Small Animal Pract. 16 72/1 Digital measurement refers to the use of a finger to ballotte the eye against the floor of the orbit. Derivatives baˈllotting n. Medicine rare = ballottement n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [noun] > diagnosis > specific methods of diagnosis > of pregnancy ballottement1830 repercussion1834 ballotting1856 1856 C. J. Hempel tr. G. H. G. Jahr Homœopathic Treatm. Dis. Females & Infants iii. ii. 326 The balloting [Fr. ballottement] of the fetus..can be perceived in most cases. 1900 A. F. A. King Man. Obstetr. (ed. 8) xvi. 292 The latter may sometimes be made to move by ballotting. 1968 R. T. Shackelford et al. Diagnosis Surg. Dis. II. 908 Often their surface can be palpated in these cases by exerting sudden pressure on the abdominal wall over them to displace the fluid (dipping, or ballotting). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1680
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