bouginage

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English

Noun

bouginage (countable and uncountable, plural bouginages)

  1. Alternative form of bougienage
    • 2009, D.H. Parikh, David Crabbe, Alex Auldist, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, page 318:
      The traditional method of dilating an esophageal stricture is by bouginage. A variety of dilators are available (mercury loaded tip, gum elastic) in varying sizes.