单词 | bougie |
释义 | bougien. 1. A wax-candle, a wax-light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wax candle wax candlec725 ciergec1300 wax-light1600 cere-candle1632 bougiea1753 wax1844 a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. ii. 40 Supplied with..Bougies, otherwise Wax-lights, for their own Apartments. 1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. xii. 277 Snatching up a bougie, the wick of which scattered fire behind him, he left the room. c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 97/1 Stearic candles will supersede every other description of bougie. 2. Medicine. A thin flexible surgical instrument made of waxed linen, india-rubber, metal, etc., for introduction into the passages of the body, for the purpose of exploration, dilatation, or medication.An armed or caustic bougie has a piece of caustic fixed within its extremity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun] > thin flexible instrument probang1657 bougie1739 caustic bougie1800 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxvi. 233 Bougies, contrived of waxed Linnen rolled up. 1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery III. 513 He introduced a large bougie which went up a great way. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 201 I introduced a small hollow bougie..into the œsophagus, and injected half a pint of milk and water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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