clyster
/ˈklɪstə/US/ˈklɪstɚ/
clyster noun: a medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository.
Noun
clyster (plural clysters)
- A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository.
- 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., vol.I, New York 2001, p.233-4
clyster meaning in Tamil and Bengali
clyster in Tamil
- மலக்குடல் ஊசி, மலக்குடல் கழுவல்
clyster in Bengali
- একটি এনিমা, সাপোজিটরি
Forms of clyster
| plural | clysters |
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Origin of clyster
From Middle French clystere, or its Latin source, in turn from Ancient Greek κλυστήρ (klustḗr).
Words that rhyme with clyster
- sister
- mister
- twister
- blister
- bistre
- resistor
- transistor
- Bicester
- cister
- mixter
- Mr.
- sister from another mister
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Questions about clyster
- What does clyster mean?
- Clyster means a medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository.
- What is clyster in Tamil?
- Clyster in Tamil is மலக்குடல் ஊசி, மலக்குடல் கழுவல். See Clyster meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is clyster?
- Clyster is a noun.
- How do you pronounce clyster?
- Clyster is pronounced /ˈklɪstə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of clyster?
- The plural of clyster is clysters.
Words near clyster in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: clyster (page history and authors); clyster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clyster (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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