See Also: abdominal ballottement(medicine)
Ballottement(medicine)
ballottement(dictionary)
renal ballottement(medicine)
abdominal(dictionary)
Abdominal(medicine)
abdominal sac(medicine)
Abdominal(health)
abdominal pad(medicine)
abdominal section(medicine)

neurotropism (iou) and abdominal ballottement (medicine)


neurotropism (iou)



neurotropism noun. E20.
[formed as NEUROTROPIC + -ISM.]
Medicine. The tendency of a virus or Other pathological agent to attack the nervous system preferentially. E20.
Anatomy. Attraction or repulsion exerted by a substance or tissue on growing nerve fibres; the response of nerves so influenced. E20.

abdominal ballottement (medicine)


abdominal ballottement
<procedure> Examination of the abdomen by palpation to detect excessive amounts of fluid (ascites) by causing organs to bob up and down in the fluid milieu.