Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The injection of liquid into the rectum through the anus for cleansing, for stimulating evacuation of the bowels, or for other therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
- noun The fluid so injected.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. enemata (enem′ a-tä). In medicine, a quantity of fluid injected into the rectum; a clyster; an injection.
- noun [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of scarabæoid beetles, founded by Hope in 1837. There are about 6 Mexican and North American species.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
injection offluid into therectum , usually formedical purposes. - noun The fluid so injected.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A barium enema is a fluoroscopic procedure which evaluates a child's colon, which is also known as the large bowel or intestine.
Barium Enema 2010
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A barium enema is accomplished by inserting a tiny tube into your child's rectum.
Barium Enema 2010
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The technologist will ask why the barium enema is being performed and explain the procedure to both you and your child.
Barium Enema 2010
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So long as you call America “racist,” you could add that an enema is as good as a toothbrush and some professor of “communications theory” would applaud.” —
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What he meant was he was having a month long word enema that is now gushing out of his bumpipe.
7th March 2005 immortalradical 2005
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The enema is a valuable instrument, which a hunting man should not be without, as its use, when you are in strong exercise, is often more advisable than medicine.
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Bury 'Colon cleaning' - in short enema is only for porn....
digg.com: Top News 2011
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Dushan provides on-call enema therapies, and between times transcribes conversations between the Countess and Tolstoy.
PegasusNews.com stories John P. Meyer 2010
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Dushan provides on-call enema therapies, and between times transcribes conversations between the Countess and Tolstoy.
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Popeye: Look, Popeye, we don't need to know what kind of enema your old man needs, alright?
Baltiblogs unclelumpy 2010
frangarnes commented on the word enema
medicamento líquido que se introduce en el cuerpo por el ano con un instrumento adecuado para impelerlo, y sirve por lo común para limpiar y descargar el vientre; operación de introducir tal líquido; utensilio con que se realiza
October 23, 2007