enema

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

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.

Verb

To administer an enema.

Sinónimos

clyster

purgative

colonic

douche

inject

injection

syringe

💉

wash

🧽

washing

lavement

colonic irrigation

enteroclysis

enteroclysm

not of an oily kind

an

clysma

cleaning

Traducións

lavement

🧽

enema

clistere

clister

Einlauf

enema

Klistier

lavman

ènema

lavement

enterocnisma

lavage d’intestin

enteroclisma

lavativo

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈɛn.ə.mə/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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