sitz bath

[ sits, zits ]

/ sɪts, zɪts /

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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.

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Origin of sitz bath

1840–50; half adoption, half translation of German Sitzbad, equivalent to sitz(en) to sit¹ + Badbath¹

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How to use sitz bath in a sentence

Then I see all those couples quarreling in Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
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You can not see anything in there, until it magically emerges in the developing bath.
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It was now safely back in its cage, although the chancellor sometimes let it play in the bath, he said.
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Wikipedia has an entire entry on medicinal clays, though many are of the mud-bath variety.
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Just yesterday I claimed a local deli, a small poodle and a Bed, Bath and Beyond.
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But some one, perhaps it was Robert, thought of a bath at that mystic hour and under that mystic moon.
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Then said Nqong from his bath in the salt-pan, "Come and ask me about it to-morrow, because I'm going to wash."
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When partially exhausted the aluminum shutters are dipped into a bath of shellac.
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Enjoying the keen physical pleasure of it, he thought what a wholly delightful thing was a hot bath after a day's hard hunting.
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With a desperate effort of the will he hurled himself out of the bath and threw open the window.
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British Dictionary definitions for sitz bath

sitz bath

/ (sɪts, zɪts) /

noun

a bath in which the buttocks and hips are immersed in hot water, esp for therapeutic effects, as after perineal or pelvic surgery

Word Origin for sitz bath

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

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Medical definitions for sitz bath

sitz bath

[ sĭts, zĭts ]

A device shaped like a chair in which one bathes in a sitting position, immersing only the hips and buttocks.

A bath taken in such a device especially for therapeutic reasons.

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