"enema" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛn.ə.mə/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-enema.wav Forms: enemas [plural], enemata [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|LL.|enema}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, {{der|en|grc|ἔνεμα|t=injection}} Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|enemata}} enema (plural enemas or enemata)
  1. An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes. Translations (injection of fluid into the rectum): κλύσμα (klúsma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ἔνεμα (énema) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), حُقْنَة شَرَجِيَّة (ḥuqna šarajiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), حُقْنَة (ḥuqna) [feminine] (Arabic), հոգնա (hogna) (Armenian), клизма (klizma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ènema [masculine] (Catalan), 灌腸劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 灌肠剂 (guànchángjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 灌腸 (Chinese Mandarin), 灌肠 (guàncháng) (Chinese Mandarin), klystýr [masculine] (Czech), klysma [neuter] (Dutch), lavement [neuter] (Dutch), klistero (Esperanto), peräruiske (Finnish), lavement [masculine] (French), ოყნა (oq̇na) (Georgian), Einlauf [masculine] (German), Klistier [neuter] (German), κλύσμα (klýsma) [neuter] (Greek), υποκλυσμός (ypoklysmós) [masculine] (Greek), חוקן (khóken) [masculine] (Hebrew), beöntés (Hungarian), enema (Indonesian), lavemen (Indonesian), klisma (Indonesian), clistere [masculine] (Italian), lavativo [masculine] (Italian), 浣腸 (kanchō) (alt: かんちょう) (Japanese), 관장 (gwanjang) (alt: 灌腸) (Korean), клизма (klizma) [feminine] (Macedonian), lavement [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), lewatywa [feminine] (Polish), enema [feminine] (Polish), klizma [feminine] (Polish), enema [masculine] (Portuguese), clister [masculine] (Portuguese), clismă [feminine] (Romanian), кли́зма (klízma) [feminine] (Russian), клисти́р (klistír) [masculine] (Russian), klystír [masculine] (Slovak), enema [masculine] (Spanish), lavativa [feminine] (Spanish), lavemang (Swedish), lavman (Turkish), enema [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), rhefrolch [literary, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-enema-en-noun-iJWl52pY Disambiguation of 'injection of fluid into the rectum': 68 5 26
  2. The fluid so injected. Synonyms (fluid so injected): clyster Translations (fluid so injected): klystýr [masculine] (Czech), peräruiske (Finnish), enema [masculine] (Portuguese), clister [masculine] (Portuguese), enema [masculine] (Spanish), lavman (Turkish)
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  3. A device for administering such an injection.
    Sense id: en-enema-en-noun--p6ct0LJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alcohol enema, enematic

Inflected forms

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