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Enema   /ˈɛnəmə/   Listen
Enema

noun
(pl. L. enemata)
1.
An injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes.  Synonym: clyster.



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"Enema" Quotes from Famous Books



... offensive to himself. It was so to me also—faint, fetid, putrid. His sense of smell was greatly impaired, so much so that he could not smell the offensiveness of the bowel-excreta which came away every day on using the gravitation-enema, and which were horrible to by-standers. It would seem from this as if his distress at the bad smell of his breath was probably due to a perversion of the sense of smell, which can be easily understood if we reflect ...
— The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 - The Independent Health Magazine • Various

... last night. I drowned three times and a purple octopus gave me an enema. Woke up screaming, but got an idea from it. Funny that I never thought of it before. Water's the fountainhead of life, and there is no real reason for assuming my enemy is terrestrial. He could just as well ...
— The Issahar Artifacts • Jesse Franklin Bone



Words linked to "Enema" :   colonic, colonic irrigation, irrigation



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