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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sitz bath¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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