enema

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

clyster

purgative

colonic

douche

inject

injection

syringe

💉

wash

🧽

washing

lavement

colonic irrigation

enteroclysis

enteroclysm

not of an oily kind

an

clysma

cleaning

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛn.ə.mə/

Etymology

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