bougie /bou·gie/ (boo-zhe´) a slender, flexible, hollow or solid, cylindrical instrument for introduction into the urethra or other tubular organ, usually for calibrating or dilating constricted areas. 
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Bougies: (A), Otis bougie à boule; (B), olive-tipped bougie; (C), filiform bougie.
bulbous bougie one with a bulb-shaped tip.
filiform bougie one of very slender caliber.
Bougie
A mercury-filled dilator in the shape of a cylinder or tapered cylinder. Bougies come in a range of different sizes.
Mentioned in: Lower Esophageal Ring
bougie
[bo̅o̅′zhē, bo̅o̅zhē′]
Etymology: Fr, candle
a thin cylindric instrument made of rubber, waxed silk, or other flexible material for insertion into canals of the body in order to dilate, examine, or measure them.
bougie
a slender, flexible, hollow or solid, cylindrical instrument for introduction into the urethra or other tubular organ, usually for calibrating or dilating constricted areas.
filiform bougie
a bougie of very slender caliber.
soluble bougie
a bougie composed of a substance that becomes fluid in situ.
bougie
Surgery A long, flexible instrument, introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc, to remove obstructions Therapeutics A slender rod consisting of medicine in a vehicle–wax, gelatin that melts at body temperature, which is
introduced via the urethra
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