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Word: Bougie
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from French, literally ‘wax candle’, from Arabic Bijāya, an Algerian town which traded in wax
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbuːʒi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body.
Short Definition:thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating passage of body
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