enema

See also: ènema and ę́nemą

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection, clyster”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to inject”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.ə.mə/

Noun

enema (plural enemas or enemata)

1. An injection of fluid into the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
2. The fluid so injected.

Synonyms

• (fluid so injected): clyster

Derived terms

• enema queen
• 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), 灌肠剂 (zh) (guànchángjì), 灌腸／灌肠 (zh), 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Einlauf (de) m, Klistier (de) n
• Greek: κλύσμα (el) n (klýsma), υποκλυσμός (el) m (ypoklysmós)

  Ancient: κλύσμα n (klúsma)

• Italian: clistere (it) m, lavativo (it) m
• Japanese: 浣腸 (かんちょう, kanchō)
• Korean: 관장 (ko) (gwanjang) (灌腸 (ko))
• Norman: lavement m (Jersey)
• Portuguese: enema m, clister m
• Russian: кли́зма (ru) f (klízma)
• Spanish: enema (es) m
• Swedish: lavemang (sv)
• Turkish: lavman (tr)

fluid so injected

• Czech: klystýr (cs) m
• Finnish: peräruiske (fi)
• Portuguese: enema m, clister m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: enema (es) m
• Turkish: lavman (tr)

Anagrams

• Ameen, Menae, Naeem, amene, meane

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Portuguese

Noun

enema m (plural enemas)

1. enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)
2. enema (fluid so injected)

Synonyms

• (injection of fluid into the rectum): clister
• (fluid so injected): clister

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “I inject, send in, put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “I send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnema/ [eˈne.ma]

Noun

enema m (plural enemas)

1. enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)
2. enema (the injected fluid)

Synonyms

• (injection of fluid into the rectum): clister, lavado, lavativa

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001