sitz bath

sitz bath definition - medical

sitz bath (sĭts, zĭts)

noun
  1. A device shaped like a chair in which one bathes in a sitting position, immersing only the hips and buttocks.
  2. A bath taken in such a device especially for therapeutic reasons.

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