ballonnement

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noun

The ballooning or distending of a part of the body for operative or diagnostic purposes.

OriginFrench ballonnement →
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Meanings

nounballonnement (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablemedicineThe ballooning or distending of a part of the body for operative or diagnostic purposes.

    […] he reported the first cases operated upon by him with rectal ballonnement, pointed out the applicability of the high operation to the removal of tumors of the posterior bladder-wall […]

    1889, Albert Henry Buck, A Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences

Origin

  1. Frenchballonnement
  2. Englishballonnement

Borrowed from French ballonnement.

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APA

ballonnement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballonnement

MLA

“ballonnement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballonnement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballonnement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballonnement.

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