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sitz bath

[ sits, zits ]

noun

  1. a chairlike bathtub in which the thighs and hips are immersed in warm water, usually as part of a therapeutic treatment.
  2. the bath so taken.


sitz bath

/ zɪts; sɪts /

noun

  1. a bath in which the buttocks and hips are immersed in hot water, esp for therapeutic effects, as after perineal or pelvic surgery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sitz bath1

1840–50; half adoption, half translation of German Sitzbad, equivalent to sitz ( en ) to sit 1 + Bad bath 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sitz bath1

half translation of German Sitzbad, from Sitz seat + Bad bath 1
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Example Sentences

Sitz-bath, sitz′-bth, n. a hip-bath: a tub adapted for such.

Waring reports good results in amenorrhœa, adding a handful of the bruised seeds to a hot sitz-bath.

If a sitz bath-tub is in the house it may be used to great advantage in these cases.

The cure will be hastened by employing a sitz-bath (sitting in a tub of hot water, or in a bath-tub).

A sitz bath is a bath taken in the sitting position with the water reaching to the waist line.

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