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sitz bath
[ sits, zits ]
noun
- a chairlike bathtub in which the thighs and hips are immersed in warm water, usually as part of a therapeutic treatment.
- the bath so taken.
sitz bath
/ zɪts; sɪts /
noun
- a bath in which the buttocks and hips are immersed in hot water, esp for therapeutic effects, as after perineal or pelvic surgery
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sitz bath1
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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.
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Waring reports good results in amenorrhœa, adding a handful of the bruised seeds to a hot sitz-bath.
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If a sitz bath-tub is in the house it may be used to great advantage in these cases.
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The cure will be hastened by employing a sitz-bath (sitting in a tub of hot water, or in a bath-tub).
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A sitz bath is a bath taken in the sitting position with the water reaching to the waist line.
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