BOUGIE


Meaning of BOUGIE in English

/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 ]

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