2. Verb. (third-person singular of douche) ¹
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Definition of Douches
1. douche [v] - See also: douche
Lexicographical Neighbors of Douches
Literary usage of Douches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"1, 1877. l'util Washings and douches in Tuberculosis. ... Brehmer has advocated
the use of local douches for the same purposes, but Dr. Pogacnik claims the ..."
2. Practical Nursing: A Text-book for Nurses by Anna Caroline Maxwell, Amy Elizabeth Pope (1914)
"douches are applied both to the exterior of the body and to such cavities as ...
The purposes of douches directed against the outer surface of the ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1896)
"Cold douches are occasionally valuable for the haemorrhage of uterine cancer.
... As a haemostatic given in the form of vaginal and intra-uterine douches by ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1884)
"Colourless Iodine for Gargles, Nasal douches, Vaginal Injections, &c.—Put into
an open vessel a drachm of tincture of iodine and six ounces of hot water; ..."
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