ballottementn.

Brit.

/bəˈlɒtm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/bəˈlɑtm(ə)nt/

Forms: 1800s balotement (rare), 1800s– ballotement, 1800s– ballottement, 1800s– balottement.

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

Etymology: < French ballottement method of diagnosing pregnancy (although this sense is apparently not attested until 1845), specific use of ballottement action of moving, or causing (an object) to move, to and fro (1829) < ballotter ballotte v. + -ment -ment suffix.

Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

Originally: a method of diagnosing pregnancy in which the cervix is tapped by the examiner's finger (within the vagina), causing the fetus to strike against the walls of the uterus (now rare). Later also: a similar technique of physical examination, using sharp tapping blows to impart movement to an organ, esp. in the ascitic abdomen. Cf. ballottable adj.

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

ballottement1830

repercussion1834

ballotting1856

1830 R. Lee in London Med. Gaz. 25 Dec. 386/2 The head of the child presented, and the balotement was remarkably distinct.

1830 R. Lee in London Med. Gaz. 25 Dec. 388/2 This latter circumstance is known by..the balottement of the fœtus.

1835 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. 17/1 Ballottement, the repercussion, or falling back of the fœtus, after being raised by an impulse of the finger, or hand, and so made to float in the liquor amnii.

1855 J. King Amer. Eclectic Obstetr. xiv. 108 Another mode of determining the presence of pregnancy, is from the passive movements of the fetus in utero, and which is called ballottement.

1872 R. Ludlam Lect. Clin & Didactic Dis. Women 370 A motion is imparted to the whole mass by a blow from the finger upon the posterior wall of the cervix-uteri, as in ballottement.

1934 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 34 491/1 Later, when pregnancy is as much as four or five months advanced, the fetus can perhaps be felt by palpation or ballottement, and the heart may be heard.

1999 M. Simonds Lion in Room Next Door xi. 238 He took her hand and moved it over a heifer's right flank, showing her how to palpate the flesh until she felt the calf moving inside, teaching her the name of what she did: ballottement.

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

单词	ballottement
释义	ballottementn. Brit. /bəˈlɒtm(ə)nt/, U.S. /bəˈlɑtm(ə)nt/ Forms: 1800s balotement (rare), 1800s– ballotement, 1800s– ballottement, 1800s– balottement. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ballottement. Etymology: < French ballottement method of diagnosing pregnancy (although this sense is apparently not attested until 1845), specific use of ballottement action of moving, or causing (an object) to move, to and fro (1829) < ballotter ballotte v. + -ment -ment suffix. Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Originally: a method of diagnosing pregnancy in which the cervix is tapped by the examiner's finger (within the vagina), causing the fetus to strike against the walls of the uterus (now rare). Later also: a similar technique of physical examination, using sharp tapping blows to impart movement to an organ, esp. in the ascitic abdomen. Cf. ballottable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > [noun] > diagnosis > specific methods of diagnosis > of pregnancy ballottement1830 repercussion1834 ballotting1856 1830 R. Lee in London Med. Gaz. 25 Dec. 386/2 The head of the child presented, and the balotement was remarkably distinct. 1830 R. Lee in London Med. Gaz. 25 Dec. 388/2 This latter circumstance is known by..the balottement of the fœtus. 1835 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. 17/1 Ballottement, the repercussion, or falling back of the fœtus, after being raised by an impulse of the finger, or hand, and so made to float in the liquor amnii. 1855 J. King Amer. Eclectic Obstetr. xiv. 108 Another mode of determining the presence of pregnancy, is from the passive movements of the fetus in utero, and which is called ballottement. 1872 R. Ludlam Lect. Clin & Didactic Dis. Women 370 A motion is imparted to the whole mass by a blow from the finger upon the posterior wall of the cervix-uteri, as in ballottement. 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 34 491/1 Later, when pregnancy is as much as four or five months advanced, the fetus can perhaps be felt by palpation or ballottement, and the heart may be heard. 1999 M. Simonds Lion in Room Next Door xi. 238 He took her hand and moved it over a heifer's right flank, showing her how to palpate the flesh until she felt the calf moving inside, teaching her the name of what she did: ballottement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1830
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