enema
English
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]enema (plural enemas or enemata)
- An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
- 1875, Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 12, page 133:
- To the distensile enema of simple tepid water, no valid objection can be urged.
- 1934, George Morris Piersol, Edward LeRoy Bortz, The Cyclopedia of Medicine, volume 10, F. A. Davis Company:
- […] It is further neglected by a mental dependence upon cathartics or enemata to produce the stimulation. Defecalgesiophobia is a common cause for neglecting the act.
- 1983, Richard E. Behrman, Victor C. Vaughan, III, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics[1], W. B. Saunders, →ISBN, page 249:
- Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging.
- The fluid so injected.
- A device for administering such an injection.
Synonyms
[edit]- (fluid so injected): clyster
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]enema (third-person singular simple present enemas, present participle enemaing, simple past and past participle enemaed)
- To administer an enema.
- It's common to enema before anal sex.
- 1975, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Transactions & Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia[3]:
- It would take simpler souls with little or no training to do the yeoman work of enemaing and puking the sick people of the community.
- 1977, Brennan, Barbara; Heilman, Joan Rattner, The Complete Book of Midwifery[4]:
- "So, there I was, shaved and enemaed, in the labor room with my husband.
- 1998, Susan Smith Nash, Doomsday Belly[5]:
- I got out of the hospital after my last suicide attempt — the one where I tried to enema myself to death with hot buttered rum
- 2024 March 3, CABAL, TokyoAdultGuide.com[6]:
- Shower and she enemas herself and I put towels on the bed, which in retrospect weren't enough because her enema spilt over onto the sheets
Translations
[edit]injection of fluid into the rectum
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fluid so injected
Anagrams
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /eˈnema/ [eˈne.ma]
- Rhymes: -ema
- Syllabification: e‧ne‧ma
Noun
[edit]enema (plural enema-enema)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “enema”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: e‧ne‧ma
Noun
[edit]enema m (plural enemas)
- enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)
- Synonyms: clister, enteroclisma, (Brazil) chuca
- enema (the injected fluid)
- Synonym: clister
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]enema m (plural enemas)
Further reading
[edit]- “enema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | enema |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | eneema |
| New Tribes | eneema |
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]enema
- (transitive) to abide by (a ritual prohibition)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “enema”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[7], Lyon
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