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    ENEMA

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    Irregular inflected form: enemata  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposesplay

    Synonyms:

    clyster; enema

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("enema" is a kind of...):

    irrigation ((medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution)

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

    colonic; colonic irrigation (a water enema given to flush out the colon)

    barium enema (enema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and X-rays are taken to search for lesions)

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