clyster

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A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema

Cnelius a physician being sent for, found his costiveness alone to be the cause, and thereupon gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered.

{n} an injection, a glyster
{f} administer an enema
injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
{i} enema
A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema
clyster pipe
{i} pipe or tube used for injections
clyster

    Hyphenation

    clys·ter

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'klis-t&r ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle French clystère, or its source, Latin clyster, from Ancient Greek κλυστήρ.
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