enemata

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A form of enema — An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.

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nounenemata pl
  1. pluralplural of enema

    1992, August 26th: the Crisco Kid, soc.bi (Google group): A de-muffinning, and a coming out, 12:26pm About the only thing M&C is any use for is champagne enemata; ever tried? All those bubbles…

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    […John Woodall] was the firſt man who introduced the enemata fumoſa […]

    1767, David Macbride, Experimental Essays on Medical and Philosophical Subjects, page 206

    The bowels should be kept well opened, and for this purpose warm abundant enemata are of great and special service.

    1785, Sir Henry Morris, Surgical Diseases of the Kidney, page 396

    In some cases it may be advisable to render the enemata more irritating by the addition of compound extract of colocynth. Irritating injections are enjoined by Aretæus, Forestus, and many modern authors, particularly Thilenius. In cases following hæmorrhoids, they are more especially indicated, after leeches have been applied to the vicinity of the anus.

    1859, James Copland, A Dictionary of Practical Medicine, page 101

    Some patients may need assistance with defaecation in the form of suppositories or enemata, whilst others may need a colostomy as a result of cancer of the colon.

    2010, Ian Peate, Nursing Care and the Activities of Living, page 148

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