INTERNAL BALLOTTEMENT
\ɪntˈɜːnə͡l bˈalɒtmənt], \ɪntˈɜːnəl bˈalɒtmənt], \ɪ_n_t_ˈɜː_n_əl b_ˈa_l_ɒ_t_m_ə_n_t]\
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Can be practised from the beginning of the fourth month. The patient is in the erect position. The physician inserts two fingers into the vagina and gives a sudden upward push to the lower uterine segment. The sensation imparted to the ends of the fingers by the fetus settling back after its upward excursion has been likened to that produced by a piece of ice rising out of a glass of water into which it has been suddenly driven. [Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).