COLONIC IRRIGATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A water enema given to flush out the colon

Synonyms:

colonic; colonic irrigation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("colonic irrigation" is a kind of...):

clyster; enema (an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colonic irrigation"):

high colonic (an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes)

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