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Bougie (health) and exergy (iou)


Bougie (health)


A thin cylinder of rubber, plastic, metal or another material that a physician inserts into or though a body passageway, such as the esophagus, to diagnose or treat a condition. A bougie may be used to widen a passageway, guide another instrument into a passageway, or dislodge an object.





exergy (iou)



exergy noun. M20.
[from EX-2 after energy.]
Physics & Chemistry. The maximum amount of work that can be obtained from a process, or from a system by reversible processes.