sitz bath 'sits- n
1) a tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture
2) a bath in which the hips and buttocks are immersed in hot water for the therapeutic effect of moist heat in the perineal and anal regions
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a fairly shallow hip bath in which the person is seated. Sitz baths of cold and hot water, rapidly alternated, were formerly used for the treatment of a variety of sexual disorders.
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a bath in which the patient sits in the tub, the hips and buttocks being immersed; called also hip b.Medical dictionary. 2011.