sitz bath

(sits, zits)

  1. a bath in which only the hips and buttocks are immersed, usually for therapy
  2. a tub or basin used for such a bath

Origin: partial transl. of Ger sitzbad < sitz, a seat, sitting (< sitzen, sit) + bad, bath

See sitz bath in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A bathtub 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 tub especially for therapeutic reasons.

Origin:

Origin: Partial translation of German Sitzbad

Origin: : Sitz, act of sitting (from sitzen, to sit, from Middle High German, from Old High German sizzen; see sed- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + Bad, bath

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