enema

See also: ènema and ę́nemą

English

An enema bucket and an enema bag

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.ə.mə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

enema (plural enemas or enemata)

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

• (fluid so injected): clyster

Derived terms

• alcohol enema
• enematic

Translations

injection of fluid into the rectum

• Arabic: حُقْنَة شَرَجِيَّة f (ḥuqna šarajiyya), حُقْنَة f (ḥuqna)
• Armenian: հոգնա (hy) (hogna)
• Bulgarian: клизма f (klizma)
• Catalan: ènema m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灌腸劑／灌肠剂 (zh) (guànchángjì), 灌腸／灌肠 (zh) (guàncháng)

• Czech: klystýr (cs) m
• Dutch: klysma (nl) n, lavement (nl) n
• Esperanto: klistero
• Finnish: peräruiske (fi)
• French: lavement (fr) m
• Georgian: ოყნა (oq̇na)
• German: Einlauf (de) m, Klistier (de) n
• Greek: κλύσμα (el) n (klýsma), υποκλυσμός (el) m (ypoklysmós)

  Ancient: κλύσμα n (klúsma), ἔνεμα n (énema)

• Hebrew: חוקן (he) m (khóken)
• Hungarian: beöntés (hu)
• Italian: clistere (it) m, lavativo (it) m
• Japanese: 浣腸 (ja) (かんちょう, kanchō)
• Korean: 관장(灌腸) (ko) (gwanjang)
• Macedonian: клизма f (klizma)
• Norman: lavement m (Jersey)
• Polish: lewatywa (pl) f, enema (pl) f, klizma (pl) f
• Portuguese: enema m, clister m
• Romanian: clismă (ro) f
• Russian: кли́зма (ru) f (klízma), клисти́р (ru) m (klistír)
• Slovak: klystír m
• Spanish: enema (es) m, lavativa (es) f
• Swedish: lavemang (sv)
• Turkish: lavman (tr)

fluid so injected

• Czech: klystýr (cs) m
• Finnish: peräruiske (fi)
• Portuguese: enema m, clister m
• Spanish: enema (es) m
• Turkish: lavman (tr)

Anagrams

• Ameen, Menae, Naeem, amene, meane

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈnẽ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈnẽ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈne.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈne.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: e‧ne‧ma

Noun

enema m (plural enemas)

1. enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)

   Synonyms: clister, enteroclisma, (Brazil) chuca

2. enema (the injected fluid)

   Synonym: clister

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnema/ [eˈne.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: e‧ne‧ma

Noun

enema m (plural enemas)

1. enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)

   Synonyms: clister, lavado, lavativa

2. enema (the injected fluid)

Further reading

• “enema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eneːma]

Verb

enema

1. (transitive) to abide by (a ritual prohibition)

Derived terms

• öönema

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “enema”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon