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Sitz bath

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hydrotherapeutic bath taken in a sitting position.
  2. 2
    a bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position wordnet
  3. 3
    A bathing device which allows immersion of the buttocks and pelvis up to the hips, while sitting in the device

Etymology

Partial calque of German Sitzbad (“idem.”, literally “sit bath”), from Sitz (“seat”) + Bad (“bath”), from sitzen (“to sit”).

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