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Bougie: A thin cylinder of rubber, plastic, metal or another material that a physician inserts into or though a body passageway, such as the esophagus, to diagnose or treat a condition. A bougie may be used to widen a passageway, guide another instrument into a passageway, or dislodge an object.
It was an apt word, for such instruments originally consisted of waxed silk or cotton rolled into a cylinder. Today, the French word bougie can also mean probe and sparkplug.. Also, the English word bougie can sometimes be used to refer to suppositories like those inserted into the anus to treat hemorrhoids.