BOUGIE


Meaning of BOUGIE in English

[ 'bu:ʒi ]

■ noun ( plural ~s ) Medicine a thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body.

Origin

C18: from Fr., lit. 'wax candle', from Arab. Bijāya , the name of an Algerian town which traded in wax.

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