Word: ballottements
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
llotte
ments
Definition: Plural of 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 of the uterus)
Morphemes:
Affix: ballottement
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ballottement
Language: fr
Decoded: ballottement
PoS: Noun
Meaning: rocking; tossing (of boat)
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).