sitz

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verb

To take, or place in, a sitz bath.

OriginGerman sitz →
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Meanings

nounsitz (plural sitzes)

plural sitzes

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis 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
verbsitz (third-person singular simple present sitzes, present participle sitzing, simple past and past participle sitzed)

present singular third person sitzes · participle present sitzing · participle past sitzed · past sitzed

  1. ambitransitiveTo take, or place in, a sitz bath.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sitz bath

Origin

  1. Germansitz
  2. Englishsitz

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

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APA

sitz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sitz

MLA

“sitz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sitz. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sitz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sitz.

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