bougie noun. ['bu:ʒi] M18.
[French from Bougie (repr. colloq. pronunc. of Arab. Bijāya) a town in Algeria which carried on a trade in wax.]
1. A wax candle. M18.
2. Medicine. A rod or tube for exploring or dilating the passages of the body. M18.

■ bougienage [bu:dʒɪ'nɑ:ʒ] noun (Medicine) dilatation by means of a bougie E20.

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