bougie
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(boo′zhē)

[Fr. bougie, candle]
A slender, flexible, tapered instrument used to explore, secure, or dilate tube-shaped organs, such as the esophagus, trachea, or male urethra.
PATIENT CARE
Typically, a narrow diameter bougie is inserted into a stricture in the organ first, followed by instruments of larger and larger diameter until the organ's internal lumen expands.
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(boo′zhē)

[Fr. bougie, candle]
A slender, flexible, tapered instrument used to explore, secure, or dilate tube-shaped organs, such as the esophagus, trachea, or male urethra.
PATIENT CARE
Typically, a narrow diameter bougie is inserted into a stricture in the organ first, followed by instruments of larger and larger diameter until the organ's internal lumen expands.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Bougie." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733168/all/bougie.
Bougie. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733168/all/bougie. Accessed March 30, 2023.
Bougie. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733168/all/bougie
Bougie [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 30]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733168/all/bougie.
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