enema

en·e·ma  (n-m)

n.

1. The injection of liquid into the rectum through the anus for cleansing, for stimulating evacuation of the bowels, or for other therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.

2. The fluid so injected.

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[Late Latin, from Greek, from enenai, to send in, inject : en-, in; see en-² + henai, to send; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

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enema [en-im-a]

Noun

Med a quantity of fluid inserted into the rectum to empty the bowels, for example before an operation [Greek: injection]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

enema - an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes clyster irrigation - (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution colonic, colonic irrigation - a water enema given to flush out the colon barium enema - enema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and X-rays are taken to search for lesions

Translations

enema [ˈɛnɪmə] n (MED) → enema m

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enema [ˈɛnɪmə] n (Med) → lavement m

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enema [ˈɛnɪmə] n → Klistier nt, Einlauf m

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enema [ˈɛnɪmə] n (MED) → clistere m

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enema

n enema [ˈenəmə]

the injection of a liquid into the rectum He was given an enema to clean out the bowels before his operation. dermuitspoeling حُقْنَه شَرْجِيَّه клизма klystýr lavement das Klistier κλύσμα enema klistiir تنقیه peräruiske lavement חוֹקֶן गुदावस्ति klistir beöntés pencahar stólpípa clistere かん腸 관장(灌腸) klizma klizma enema lavement klyster lewatywa clister clismă клизма klystír klistir klistir lavemang การสวนทวารหนักโดยใช้น้ำยา lâvman (醫)灌腸 клізма قبض کشائی کے لۓ پچکاری کے ذریعہ پانی ، دوا وغیرہ چڑھانا sự thụt (医)灌肠