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bougie
 
SYLLABICATION:bou·gie
PRONUNCIATION:  bzh, -j
NOUN:1. Medicine a. A slender, flexible, cylindrical instrument that is inserted into a bodily canal, such as the urethra, to dilate, examine, or medicate. b. See suppository. 2. A wax candle.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Old French, a fine wax, after Bougie (Bejaïa), a city of northern Algeria.
 
 
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