Meanings
verbenematize (third-person singular simple present enematizes, present participle enematizing, simple past and past participle enematized)
present singular third person enematizes · participle present enematizing · participle past enematized · past enematized · alternative enematise
- raretransitiveTo 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
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enematize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enematize
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“enematize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enematize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enematize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enematize.
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