/booh"jee, -zhee, booh zhee"/ , n.
1. Med.
a. a slender, flexible instrument introduced into passages of the body, esp. the urethra, for dilating, examining, medicating, etc.
b. a suppository.
2. a wax candle.
[ 1745-55; Bougie ( Bujayah ), town in Algeria, center of the wax trade ]