Pregnancy vs Ballottement - What's the difference?
pregnancy | ballottement |
(countable) The condition of being pregnant.
* 2012 , Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 December 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/03/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-expecting-baby?intcmp=122]
The period of time this condition prevails.
(uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.
(medicine) A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
(medicine) An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee.
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As nouns the difference between pregnancy and ballottement
is that pregnancy is the condition of being pregnant while ballottement is a method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.pregnancy
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(pregnancies) (wikipedia pregnancy)- News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.
