ballonnement

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ballonnement. === Noun === ballonnement (uncountable) (surgery, archaic) The ballooning or distending of a part of the body for operative or diagnostic purposes. == French == === Etymology === From ballonner (“to swell”) +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.lɔn.mɑ̃/ === Noun === ballonnement m (plural ballonnements) (surgery) ballonnement flatulence, bloating === Further reading === “ballonnement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012