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bou·gie 1 B0417300 (bo͞o′zhē, -jē)n.1. Medicine a. A slender, flexible, cylindrical instrument that is inserted into a bodily canal, such as the urethra, to dilate, examine, or medicate.b. See suppository.2. A wax candle. [French, from Old French, a fine wax, after Bougie (Bejaïa), a city of northern Algeria.]
bou·gie 2 B5429510 (bo͞o′zhē)adj. Informal Bourgeois: opted for a mom-and-pop diner over a more bougie restaurant. [Respelling (after the variant pronunciation (bo͝o′zhwä)) of bourg(eois) + -ie.]bougie (ˈbuːʒiː; buːˈʒiː) n (Medicine) med a long slender semiflexible cylindrical instrument for inserting into body passages, such as the rectum or urethra, to dilate structures, introduce medication, etc[C18: from French, originally a wax candle from Bougie (Bujiya), Algeria]bou•gie (ˈbu dʒi, -ʒi, buˈʒi) n. 1. a. a slender, flexible instrument introduced into passages of the body for dilating, examining, medicating, etc. b. a suppository. 2. a wax candle. [1745–55; < French] TranslationsbougieenUK
bougieslang A derisive term for transparently or suspiciously ostentatious behavior of a lower- or middle-class person. A shortened form of "bourgeois." She leased an Escalade because she's totally bougie and wants everyone to think she has money. You'll never catch a bougie girl combing through the racks at a secondhand store—only the best for her!buzhie (ˈbuʒi)1. n. a middle-class person. (From bourgeoisie.) I live in a neighborhood of buzhies. 2. mod. middle-class. I live in a buzhie house and drive a buzhie car. BougieenUK
Bougie: see BejaïaBejaïa , formerly Bougie , city (1998 pop. 147,076), N Algeria, a port on the Gulf of Bejaïa (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea). The northern terminus of the Hassi Messaoud oil pipeline from the Sahara, Bejaïa is the principal oil port of the W ..... Click the link for more information. , Algeria.bougieenUK
bougie [boo´zhe] a slender, flexible or rigid, hollow or solid, cylindrical instrument for introduction into the urethra or other tubular organ, usually for calibrating or dilating constricted areas. Bougies: A, Otis bougie à boule; B, olive-tipped bougie; C, filiform bougie. From Dorland's, 2000.filiform bougie a bougie of very slender caliber, generally used for exploration of small areas, such as sinus tracts, where false tracts could be easily created. The entering end is of smaller diameter, and the following end is threaded to allow for attachment of a following bougie.following bougie a flexible, tapered bougie attachable to a filiform bougie and allowing progressive dilatation without creation of false tracts.Hurst b's a series of mercury-filled tubes of progressive diameter used for dilatation of the cardioesophageal region.Maloney b's a series of mercury-filled tubes of progressive diameter, having cone-shaped tips.soluble bougie a bougie composed of a substance that becomes fluid in situ.bou·gie (bū-zhē'), A cylindric instrument, usually somewhat flexible and yielding, used for calibrating or dilating constricted areas in tubular organs, such as the urethra or esophagus; sometimes containing a medication for local application. [Fr. candle] bougie (bo͞o′zhē, -jē)n. Medicine a. A slender, flexible, cylindrical instrument that is inserted into a bodily canal, such as the urethra, to dilate, examine, or medicate.b. See suppository.bougie Surgery A long, flexible instrument, introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc, to remove obstructions Therapeutics A slender rod consisting of medicine in a vehicle–wax, gelatin that melts at body temperature, which is introduced via the urethrabou·gie (bū-zhē') A cylindric instrument, usually somewhat flexible and yielding, used for calibrating, examining, measuring, or dilating constricted areas in tubular organs, such as the urethra or esophagus; sometimes containing a medication for local application. [Fr. candle]bougie A smooth, often flexible, round-ended instrument used to widen abnormal narrowing (strictures) in a body passage, such as those in the URETHRA or OESOPHAGUS.BougieA mercury-filled dilator in the shape of a cylinder or tapered cylinder. Bougies come in a range of different sizes.Mentioned in: Lower Esophageal Ring |