ballonnement

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballonnement.

Noun

ballonnement (uncountable)

1. (surgery, archaic) The ballooning or distending of a part of the body for operative or diagnostic purposes.
   • 1889, Albert Henry Buck, A Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences:

     […] 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 […]

French

Etymology

From ballonner (“to swell”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.lɔn.mɑ̃/

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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Noun

ballonnement m (plural ballonnements)

1. (surgery) ballonnement
2. flatulence, bloating

Further reading

• “ballonnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012