enema

Signification (English)

1. An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
2. The fluid so injected.
3. A device for administering such an injection.

Concepts

lavement

🧽

lavage d’intestin

purgatif

lavage de l’intestin

lavage

administrer un lavement

lavage d'intestin

clystère

injecter

purger

Lavage de l’intestin

Synonyms

clyster

purgative

colonic

douche

inject

injection

syringe

💉

wash

🧽

washing

lavement

colonic irrigation

enteroclysis

enteroclysm

not of an oily kind

an

clysma

cleaning

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛn.ə.mə/

Étymologie (English)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).