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- Dictionaryhip bath/ˈhɪp bɑːθ/
noun
- 1. a portable bath large enough to sit rather than lie down in.
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Bath in which a person sits in water up to the hips
A sitz bath or hip bath is a bathtub in which a person sits in water up to the hips. It is used to relieve discomfort and pain in the lower part of the body, for example, due to hemorrhoids (piles), anal fissures, perianal fistulas, rectal surgery, an episiotomy, uterine cramps, inflammatory bowel disease, pilonidal cysts and infections of the bladder, prostate or vagina. It works by keeping the a... Wikipedia