sitz

noun, verb — 2 senses

noun

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

Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of sitz bath.

[…] the general cold bath, the cold foot bath, spinal washings, short cold sitzes, running sitzes, […]1872, The British Homoeopathic Review, volume 16, page 350:

verb

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

Ambitransitive To take, or place in, a sitz bath.

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