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enematize

enematize verb: to perform an enema upon.

Verb

enematize (third-person singular simple present enematizes, present participle enematizing, simple past and past participle enematized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To perform an enema upon.
    • In a few days enteritis set in; for which she was again leeched, stuped, enematized with assafætida and turpentine, and mercurialized with ointment rubbed into the groins and armpits.1872, Gerrard George Tyrrell, “Blisters in the Pneumonia of Infants”, in Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 5, page 403

Forms of enematize

third-person singular presentenematizes
present participleenematizing
past participleenematized
pastenematized
alternative formenematise

Questions about enematize

What does enematize mean?
Enematize means to perform an enema upon.
What part of speech is enematize?
Enematize is a verb.
What is the past tense of enematize?
The past tense of enematize is enematized.

Words near enematize in the dictionary

  1. enemaed
  2. enemaing
  3. enemas
  4. enemata
  5. enematic
  6. enematize
  7. enemedia
  8. enemie
  9. enemied
  10. enemies
  11. enemies of the people

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