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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Ellipsis of sitz bath. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

   "[…] the general cold bath, the cold foot bath, spinal washings, short cold sitzes, running sitzes, […]"

Verb

1. 1
   To take, or place in, a sitz bath. ambitransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

sitz bath

Example

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"[…] the general cold bath, the cold foot bath, spinal washings, short cold sitzes, running sitzes, […]"

Etymology

From sitz bath, from German sitz, from sitzen (“to sit”).

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