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Webster 1913 Edition
Bougie
‖
Bou-gie′
,Noun.
[F.
bougie
wax candle, bougie, fr. Bougie
, Bugia
, a town of North Africa, from which these candles were first imported into Europe.] 1.
(Surg.)
A long, flexible instrument, that is introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc., to remove obstructions, or for the other purposes. It was originally made of waxed linen rolled into cylindrical form.
2.
(Pharm.)
A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bougie
BOUGIE
,Noun.
In Surgery, a long slender instrument, that is introduced through the urethra into the bladder, to remove obstructions. It is usually made of slips of waxed linen, coiled into a slightly conical form by rolling them on any hard smooth surface. It is also made of catgut, elastic gum and metal; but those of waved linen are generally preferred.
Definition 2024
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See also: Bougie
English
Noun
bougie (plural bougies)
- (medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
- 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 12,
- I was not too sure, as a child, what doctors "did," and glimpses of catheters and bougies in their kidney dishes, retractors and speculums, rubber gloves, catgut thread, and forecepts - all this, I think, rather frightened me, though it fascinated me too.
- 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 12,
- A wax candle.
Etymology 2
From bourgeoisie; alternate spelling of bourgie.
Adjective
bougie (comparative bougier, superlative bougiest)
- (chiefly African American Vernacular, slang, usually pejorative) Acting as if one is of a higher social status than one is; suspicions regarding true roots and background are implied.
- 2007, Satire pervades the series of fictional magazine covers , L. Kent Wolgamott, The Lincoln Journal Star, October 12, 2007, :
- Called “bougie” when she was growing up, even though she’d never considered herself close to that, Ewing has turned the word around, using it as the title of a fictitious magazine she has dreamed up.
- 2007, "Glamorous" by Fergie:
- I'll be on the movie screens
- Magazines and bougie scenes
- I'm not clean, I'm not pristine
- I'm no queen, I'm no machine
- 2010, RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 2, Episode 1, Gone With the Window, airdate February 1, 2010:
- Shangela is kind of bougie, but she's also your homegirl.
- 2010, "Sleazy" by Ke$ha:
- I don't need you or your brand new Benz
- Or your bougie friends
- I don't need love lookin' like diamonds
- Lookin' like diamonds
- 2007, Satire pervades the series of fictional magazine covers , L. Kent Wolgamott, The Lincoln Journal Star, October 12, 2007, :