1A shower of water.

1. 1.1 A jet of liquid applied to part of the body for cleansing or medicinal purposes.
   the mixture may be used as an antiseptic douche or as a gargle

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   • He or she also asks the patient to use a povidone-iodine douche the morning of surgery, in an effort to reduce the possibility of infection.
   • Half a tin of that and you would need another douche circulatoire to jolt your arteries open.
   • I was inspected naked and given a 10-gallon douche with one nurse and two guards standing around joking.
   • Other treatments included massages with hot fomentations and salt glows; electric light cabinet for patients with pleurisy and obesity; infra ray lamp treatments; and sitz baths, perineal douches, and hot and cold compresses.
   • All of the patients bathe endlessly, both inside and out, with salt baths, steam baths, showers, douches, and a high-powered enema machine, with the belief that cleansing the body would somehow cleanse the race.
   • One of the most invigorating treatments is the grande douche, which involves another pressurised hose.
   • The leaves and flowers can be made into a tea and used as a douche for trichomonas.
   • It is even used as a douche and topically for treating fungal infections and soothing stings.
   • But this douche au jet - apparently guaranteed to firm up my epidermis and get rid of nasty toxins - is, in retrospect at least, tremendously exhilarating.
   • In the end, the douche circulatoire turned out to be the kind of thing the fishmonger does to a fish, without all the messy gutting and filleting.
   • Hoping the heritage of the Massengill name will be strong enough to hold its own against deep-pocketed new-corners, SmithKline Beecham this spring will introduce extensions to its feminine hygiene line best known for douches.
   • The hosing down is followed by a douche abdominale, which is more of the same but lying down, after which I luxuriate in a stimulating bain hydromassant before being wrapped in hot seaweed for soothing, therapeutic algothérapie.
   • She had scrubbed between her legs and used such harsh douches that she was raw.
   • They use it topically, they use it as mouthwash, enema and douche and they get some pretty amazing results with a Sheep Sorrel decoction alongside the four herbs.
   • Many doctors recoil at the thought of a yogurt douche, but none can object to women eating yogurt.
   • A vinegar and water douche is substituted for patients who are sensitive to iodine.
   • Some practitioners recommend using a probiotic supplement added to lukewarm water as a douche for yeast infections.
2. 1.2 A device for washing out the vagina.
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   • Though I usually warn women to stay away from commercial douches, we both think a mild vinegar douche afterwards may not be such a bad idea.
   • You might be sensitive to chemicals in certain products, such as douches, soaps, scented toilet paper, personal lubricants, or contraceptives like foams, sponges, and the sperm killer nonoxynol - 9.
   • Women were also excluded if they reported use of diaphragms, douches or spermicides.
   • Perhaps you've also heard of feminine deodorant sprays and perfumed douches.
   • There were creams, and douches, and nail polish, and thousands of different types of makeup.
   • Pelvic rest, which includes abstinence from intercourse and avoiding the use of tampons or douches, is advised for one week.
   • Egyptian papyri describe pessaries and vaginal douches, which could have been effective.
   • Two major brands of douches were used by 87 percent of the women, and the odds ratios relating each brand to bacterial vaginosis or change in vaginal flora were similar for each brand.
   • Early prophylactic recommendations for nonoccupational HIV exposure included the use of vinegar douches and nonoxynol - 9.
   • Antibacterial vaginal douches, spermicides, and certain oral antibiotics may cause changes in vaginal bacteria.
   • For instance, they listed among the contents of her suitcase (which she kept at the Waldorf hotel for rendezvous there) both condoms and douches.
   • Female hygiene products such as douches, perfumed sanitary napkins, frequent bubble baths, synthetic undergarments, which trap moisture, must be avoided.
   • Irritation can be caused by douches, vaginal sprays, contraceptives, tampons and pads, soap, or detergent and fabric softeners.
   • She proudly showed off the condoms, lubricant and standard paraphernalia before producing ‘the most important thing’ - a vaginal douche.
   • The chemicals in vaginal douches may irritate your vagina and change the normal balance of good bacteria.
   • Vaginitis should not be treated with douches or deodorant sprays.
   • If you knew how some of these tampons and douches were made, you'd find these ads even more absurd.
   • Typically, a douche has a plastic applicator to insert into the vagina for washing purposes.

2North American informal An obnoxious or contemptible person (typically used of a man)

1Spray or shower with water.

1. 1.1no object Use a douche as a method of contraception.
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   • I was told when I was growing up that you should douche right after intercourse.
   • Wash or change your clothes, bathe or douche or rinse your mouth, as this can destroy evidence or indication of the act.
   • A history should include obtaining information about the assault, including the use of a condom or lubricants, and whether the victim has eaten, washed, voided, defecated, bathed or douched since the contact.
   • But the only study we've seen had women eat yogurt instead of douching with it.
   • Yet we douche, wash, scrub, powder and spray in an effort to rid ourselves of our own scent.
   • Some physicians recommend that patients douche with dilute vinegar or hydrogen peroxide for relief. [4,10]
   • But the reader is to presume here that this ad is taking place on Saturday or Sunday and that she hasn't douched in almost a week.
   • Two studies of patients attending family planning clinics in Texas found the overall rates of douching to be 70 percent, with 51 percent of women douching at least once a week.
   • Your doctor may or may not have you douche as well.
   • Do girls need to douche or use deodorant spray when they have their periods?
   • Taking 20 aspirin is just plain dumb, though not as dumb as douching with Coca-Cola - this stuff can corrode metal and you wanna squirt it where?
   • Also, in case anyone hadn't figured it out, douching with an acid after unprotected sex will not kill all the sperm and prevent a woman from becoming pregnant.
   • Would it be somehow better if I were one of these chicks that thought that douching with Coke would keep you from getting pregnant?