eneman.

Brit.

/ˈɛnᵻmə/, U.S.

/ˈɛnəmə/

Forms: Plural enemas; in technical use often enemata.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἔνεμα.

Etymology: < Greek ἔνεμα, < ἐνιέναι, < ἐν in + ἑ- stem of ἱέναι to send. N.E.D. (1891) also records a variant pronunciation (enī·mă) /ɛˈniːmə/ and comments: ‘The normal pronunciation is (e·nĭmă) /ˈɛnɪmə/, but the incorrect form has been in very general use.’

Medicine.

1. A liquid or gaseous substance (either medicinal or alimentary) introduced mechanically into the rectum; a clyster, an injection. Also attributive, as in enema-apparatus, enema-instrument, enema-pump, enema-syringe.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > enema

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1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Enema, a clister.

1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Enema in medicine denotes a clyster.

1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 26 A dram of it [laudanum] was used as an enema.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 230 I then exhibited a laxative and antispasmodic Enema.

1847 E. J. Seymour Severe Dis. I. 9 I recommended him..the use of enemata.

1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 87 We can resort to nutritive enemas.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xvii. 3 The..india-rubber enema apparatus..may be employed.

1886 P. H. Pye-Smith Fagge's Princ. & Pract. Med. II. 208 Enemata may be continued somewhat longer still.

2. Short for ‘enema-apparatus’.

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1891 N.E.D. at Enema Mod. One of——'s patent enemas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	enema
释义	eneman. Brit. /ˈɛnᵻmə/, U.S. /ˈɛnəmə/ Forms: Plural enemas; in technical use often enemata. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἔνεμα. Etymology: < Greek ἔνεμα, < ἐνιέναι, < ἐν in + ἑ- stem of ἱέναι to send. N.E.D. (1891) also records a variant pronunciation (enī·mă) /ɛˈniːmə/ and comments: ‘The normal pronunciation is (e·nĭmă) /ˈɛnɪmə/, but the incorrect form has been in very general use.’ Medicine. 1. A liquid or gaseous substance (either medicinal or alimentary) introduced mechanically into the rectum; a clyster, an injection. Also attributive, as in enema-apparatus, enema-instrument, enema-pump, enema-syringe. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > enema clysterya1387 clyster1398 enema1681 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Enema, a clister. 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Enema in medicine denotes a clyster. 1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 26 A dram of it [laudanum] was used as an enema. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 230 I then exhibited a laxative and antispasmodic Enema. 1847 E. J. Seymour Severe Dis. I. 9 I recommended him..the use of enemata. 1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 87 We can resort to nutritive enemas. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xvii. 3 The..india-rubber enema apparatus..may be employed. 1886 P. H. Pye-Smith Fagge's Princ. & Pract. Med. II. 208 Enemata may be continued somewhat longer still. 2. Short for ‘enema-apparatus’. ΚΠ 1891 N.E.D. at Enema Mod. One of——'s patent enemas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1681
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