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Definition of enema in English: enemanounPlural enemata, Plural enemas ˈɛnɪməˈɛnəmə A procedure in which liquid or gas is injected into the rectum, to expel its contents or to introduce drugs or permit X-ray imaging. Example sentencesExamples - Other tests include stool testing and X-rays of the bowel, taken after a barium enema.
- After a course of antibiotics I was to undergo a barium enema to check this diagnosis.
- Before some types of X-rays, such as a barium enema, you're given a liquid called contrast medium, or a dye.
- For this test, you are given an enema with a liquid that makes your colon show up on an x-ray.
- No further deaths have been reported after procedures requiring barium enemas.
- A barium enema was performed preoperatively to define the anatomy of the duplicated colon, and it showed complete colonic duplication.
- The pouches may be noticed during a barium enema, when a liquid is inserted into the intestine through the anus and an X-ray of the abdomen is taken.
- During a barium enema, a liquid mixture containing barium is given through a catheter tube into the child's rectum, and special X-rays are taken.
- A barium enema is a procedure, done through a special x-ray, for examining the large bowel.
- Barium enema, like colonoscopy, examines the whole colon and rectum, and, although it is cheaper and has a lower complication rate than colonoscopy, it is invasive and requires full bowel preparation.
- Colonoscopy is preferable to a barium enema because it allows for the biopsy and removal of lesions.
Synonyms laxative, aperient, lenitive, cathartic, evacuant
Origin Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, from enienai 'send or put in', from en- 'in' + hienai 'send'. Definition of enema in US English: enemanounˈɛnəməˈenəmə A procedure in which liquid or gas is injected into the rectum, typically to expel its contents, but also to introduce drugs or permit X-ray imaging. Example sentencesExamples - A barium enema was performed preoperatively to define the anatomy of the duplicated colon, and it showed complete colonic duplication.
- A barium enema is a procedure, done through a special x-ray, for examining the large bowel.
- The pouches may be noticed during a barium enema, when a liquid is inserted into the intestine through the anus and an X-ray of the abdomen is taken.
- Other tests include stool testing and X-rays of the bowel, taken after a barium enema.
- During a barium enema, a liquid mixture containing barium is given through a catheter tube into the child's rectum, and special X-rays are taken.
- Barium enema, like colonoscopy, examines the whole colon and rectum, and, although it is cheaper and has a lower complication rate than colonoscopy, it is invasive and requires full bowel preparation.
- No further deaths have been reported after procedures requiring barium enemas.
- After a course of antibiotics I was to undergo a barium enema to check this diagnosis.
- For this test, you are given an enema with a liquid that makes your colon show up on an x-ray.
- Before some types of X-rays, such as a barium enema, you're given a liquid called contrast medium, or a dye.
- Colonoscopy is preferable to a barium enema because it allows for the biopsy and removal of lesions.
Synonyms laxative, aperient, lenitive, cathartic, evacuant
Origin Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek, from enienai ‘send or put in’, from en- ‘in’ + hienai ‘send’. |