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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(surgery, archaic) The 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 […]
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Ballonnement means (surgery, archaic) The ballooning or distending of a part of the body for operative or diagnostic purposes..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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 […]
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