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enema Med.|ˈɛnɪmə, ɛˈniːmə|
Pl. enemas; in techn. use often enemata.
[a. Gr. ἔνεµα, f. ἐνιέναι, f. ἐν in + ἑ- stem of ἱέναι to send.
The normal pronunciation is |ˈɛnɪmə|, but the incorrect form has been in very general use.]
1. A liquid or gaseous substance (either medicinal or alimentary) introduced mechanically into the rectum; a clyster, an injection. Also attrib., as in enema-apparatus, enema-instrument, enema-pump, enema-syringe.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Voc., Enema, a clister. 1751Chambers Cycl., Enema in medicine denotes a clyster. 1794–6E. Darwin Zoon. (1801) I. 32 A dram of it [laudanum] was used as an enema. 1800Med. Jrnl. III. 230, I then exhibited a laxative and antispasmodic Enema. 1847E. J. Seymour Severe Dis. I. 9, I recommended him..the use of enemata. 1872Cohen Dis. Throat 87 We can resort to nutritive enemas. 1879T. Bryant Pract. Surg. II. 3 The..india-rubber enema apparatus..may be employed. 1886C. H. Fagge Princ. & Pract. Med. II. 208 Enemata may be continued somewhat longer still.
2. Short for ‘enema-apparatus’.
Mod. One of―'s patent enemas. |