单词 | sitz bath |
释义 | sitz bathn. 1. A small (often portable) bathtub designed to immerse the buttocks, and used esp. for medical reasons. Cf. sitting bath n. at sitting n. Compounds 5, hip bath n. (a) at hip n.1 Compounds 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in > types of furo1615 semicupium1634 bidet1766 hip bath1806 slipper-bath1829 sitz bath1842 saucer bath1860 Roman tub1911 ofuro1934 bathinette1936 Jacuzzi1966 hot tub1973 plunge pool1973 1842 R. T. Claridge Hydropathy x. 125 For want of a better term we adhere to that of the Germans, and, instead of a sitting, we call this a sitz-bath. This is a small flat tub, of about seventeen inches in diameter, with water seldom more than three or four inches deep. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 94/1 Combined Spray and Sitz Bath..Copper Sitz Bath in Cabinet Work. 1937 Ann. Rep. Trustees Grafton State Hosp. (Public Document Mass. No. 112) 4 9 A fomentation sink, shampoo table, sitz bath and hydrotherapeutic shower in the hydriatric room..makes this a complete and up-to-date unit. 1997 C. B. Inlander et al. Over-the-counter Doctor (rev. ed.) 191/2 A sitz bath, which is a moulded plastic tub or portable unit that fits over the toilet seat, facilitates constant cleansing of irritated areas. 2013 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Oct. e3 Warm water, in a tub or a sitz bath, may help reduce itching or pain. 2. A bath taken in a sitzbath (sense 1). Cf. hip bath n. (b) at hip n.1 Compounds 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > bath in which one sits insession1559 insess1657 sitz bath1842 1842 R. T. Claridge Hydropathy xvi. 203 I first took a foot-bath, then a sitz-bath, wherein I remained for an hour. 1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University (ed. 2) 165 The daily purgatory of wet sheets, sitz baths, and the like. c1942 M. T. King Mothercraft (new ed.) ii. 25 Sit in a tepid sitz-bath of weak Condy's Fluid. 1988 R. Tisserand Aromatherapy for Everyone (1990) iv. 109 I have found that many people with less severe attacks respond well to a sitz bath with about ten drops of essential oil in the water. 2002 J. L. Longe Gale Encycl. Nursing & Allied Health II. 1339/1 A sitz bath, or hip bath, can be taken at home to treat hemorrhoids and promote healing of an episiotomy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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