English Dictionary

bougie

/ˈbuːʒi/

noun

(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. / A wax candle.

I bought a new bougie for my car.

意味（1）

(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.

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.

意味（2）

A wax candle.