Clyster
//ˈklɪstə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository. archaic
"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."
- 2 an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Middle French clystere, or its Latin source, in turn from Ancient Greek κλυστήρ (klustḗr).
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