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douche

  [doosh] noun, verb, douched, douch⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
2. the application of such a jet.
3. an instrument, as a syringe, for administering it.
4. a bath administered by such a jet.
–verb (used with object)
5. to apply a douche to.
–verb (used without object)
6. to use a douche or douches; undergo douching.
Origin:
1675–85; < F < It doccia water pipe, back formation from doccione drainpipe (where -one was taken as aug. suffix) < L ductiōn- (s. of ductiō) drawing off, conveying (water), equiv. to duct(us), ptp. of dūcere (see ductile ) + -iōn- -ion
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douche   (dōōsh)   
n.  
    1. A stream of water, often containing medicinal or cleansing agents, that is applied to a body part or cavity for hygienic or therapeutic purposes.
    2. A stream of air applied in a similar way.
  2. The application of a douche.
  3. An instrument for applying a douche.
v.   douched, douch·ing, douch·es

v.   tr.
To cleanse or treat by means of a douche.
v.   intr.
To cleanse or treat oneself with a douche.

[French, shower, from Italian doccia, conduit, back-formation from doccione, pipe, from Latin ductiō, ductiōn-, act of leading, from ductus, past participle of dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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Douche

Douche\, n. [F., fr. It. doccia, fr. docciare to flow, pour, fr. an assumed LL. ductiare, fr. L. ducere, ductum, to lead, conduct (water). See Duct.]

1. A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.

2. (Med.) A syringe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : douche
Spanish: ducha fría,
German: der Dämpfer,
Japanese: 水をさす人・物
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douche 
1766, from Fr. douche, from It. doccia "shower," from docciare "to spray," from L. ductionem "a leading," from ducere "to lead" (see duke). The verb is first attested 1838.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1douche
Pronunciation: 'düsh
Function: noun
1 a : a jet or current especially of water directed against a part or into acavity of the body b : an act of cleansing with a douche
2 : a device for giving douches

Main Entry: 2douche
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: douched; douch·ing
transitive senses
: to administer or apply a doucheto douche intransitive senses
: to take a douche
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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douche (d&oomacr;sh)
n.

  1. A stream of water, often containing medicinal or cleansing agents, that is applied to a body part or cavity for hygienic or therapeutic purposes.
  2. An instrument for applying a douche.
v. douched, douch·ing, douch·es
To cleanse or treat by means of a douche.

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