bougie
adjective
relating to or characteristic of a person who indulges in some of the luxuries and comforts of a fancy lifestyle.
bougies
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pluralof bougie.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For cicatricial stenoses of the trachea the metallic bougies, Fig.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
The existence of ulceration or of an abscess pressing on the gullet also contra-indicates the use of bougies.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
M. M. Distend the part gradually by catgut bougies, which by their compression will at the same time diminish the thickness of the membrane, or by bougies of elastic gum, or of horn boiled soft.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
The strictured lumen is to be centered in the esophagoscopic field, and three successively increasing sizes of bougies are used under direct vision.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Bleeding from the dilated veins may follow the use of bougies or of the œsophagoscope.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
