enema
UK/ˈɛn.ə.mə/
enema noun: an injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
Noun
enema (plural enemas or enemata)
- An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
- To the distensile enema of simple tepid water, no valid objection can be urged.1875, Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 12, page 133
- […] It is further neglected by a mental dependence upon cathartics or enemata to produce the stimulation. Defecalgesiophobia is a common cause for neglecting the act.1934, George Morris Piersol, Edward LeRoy Bortz, The Cyclopedia of Medicine, volume 10, F. A. Davis Company
- The fluid so injected.
- And there is even a little known author, but a very credible one, who says that in a certain castle the Knight of Phoebus was caught in a certain trapdoor that opened beneath his feet, and he fell and found himself in a deep pit under the earth, tied hand and foot, and there he was given an enema...Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, pages 106-107
- Synonyms:
- clyster
- A device for administering such an injection.
Verb
enema (third-person singular simple present enemas, present participle enemaing, simple past and past participle enemaed)
- To administer an enema.
- It's common to enema before anal sex.
- It would take simpler souls with little or no training to do the yeoman work of enemaing and puking the sick people of the community.1975, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Transactions & Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
enema meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic
enema in Tamil
- குடற்கழுவு நீரேற்றி, திரவம் பாய்ச்சுதல், நீரேற்றுதல், மலவாய் வழியே கழுவுதல், அசுதி, எனிமா
enema in Urdu
- enema
- پچکاری pickārī
enema in Kannada
- ಗೊಳ್ಳೆತುಂಬಿಕೆ
enema in Arabic
- injection of fluid into the rectum
- حُقْنَة شَرَجِيَّة ḥuqna šarajiyya, حُقْنَة ḥuqna
More languagesFewer languages
- enema in Malay
- enema
- enema in Indonesian
- enema, lavemen, klisma, huknah
Examples of enema in a sentence
- But alcohol enemas are no laughing matter, experts say. […] Using an alcohol enema involves placing a small tube into someone’s rectum and pouring alcohol into the colon.2012 September 26, Jacque Wilson, “Experts: Alcohol enemas ‘extremely dangerous’”, in CNN:
- "So, there I was, shaved and enemaed, in the labor room with my husband.1977, Brennan, Barbara; Heilman, Joan Rattner, The Complete Book of Midwifery:
- I got out of the hospital after my last suicide attempt — the one where I tried to enema myself to death with hot buttered rum1998, Susan Smith Nash, Doomsday Belly:
- Shower and she enemas herself and I put towels on the bed, which in retrospect weren't enough because her enema spilt over onto the sheets2024 March 3, CABAL, TokyoAdultGuide.com:
Synonyms of enema
Forms of enema
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | enemas |
| plural | enemata |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | enemas |
| present participle | enemaing |
| past participle | enemaed |
| past | enemaed |
Origin of enema
Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).
Words formed from enema
Questions about enema
- What does enema mean?
- Enema means an injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
- What is enema in Tamil?
- Enema in Tamil is குடற்கழுவு நீரேற்றி, திரவம் பாய்ச்சுதல், நீரேற்றுதல். See Enema meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use enema in a sentence?
- But alcohol enemas are no laughing matter, experts say. […] Using an alcohol enema involves placing a small tube into someone’s rectum and pouring alcohol into the colon.
- What part of speech is enema?
- Enema can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce enema?
- Enema is pronounced /ˈɛn.ə.mə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of enema?
- The plural of enema is enemas.
Words near enema in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enema (page history and authors); enema (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پچکاری (Urdu) (page history and authors); enema (Kannada 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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