enema

enema

See also: ènema and ę́nemą

English

An enema bucket and an enema bag

Etymology

From Late Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίηναι (eníēnai, “to send in, inject”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + ἱέναι (hiénai, “to send, throw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.ə.mə/

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Noun

enema (plural enemas or enemata)

1. An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
2. The fluid so injected.
3. A device for administering such an injection.

Synonyms

• (fluid so injected): clyster

Derived terms

• enematic

Translations

injection of fluid into the rectum

Arabic: حُقْنَة شَرَجِيَّة‎ f (ḥuqna šarajiyya), حُقْنَة‎ f (ḥuqna) Armenian: հոգնա (hy) (hogna) Bulgarian: клизма f (klizma) Catalan: ènema m Chinese: Mandarin: 灌腸劑／灌肠剂 (zh) (guànchángjì), 灌腸／灌肠 (zh) (guàncháng) Czech: klystýr (cs) m Dutch: klysma (nl) n, lavement (nl) n Esperanto: klistero Finnish: peräruiske (fi) French: lavement (fr) m Georgian: ოყნა (oq̇na) German: Einlauf (de) m, Klistier (de) n Greek: κλύσμα (el) n (klýsma), υποκλυσμός (el) m (ypoklysmós) Ancient: κλύσμα n (klúsma), ἔνεμα n (énema) Hungarian: beöntés (hu) Italian: clistere (it) m, lavativo (it) m Japanese: 浣腸 (ja) (かんちょう, kanchō) Korean: 관장(灌腸) (ko) (gwanjang) Norman: lavement m (Jersey) Polish: lewatywa (pl) f, enema (pl) f, klizma (pl) f Portuguese: enema m, clister m Romanian: clismă f Russian: кли́зма (ru) f (klízma), клисти́р (ru) m (klistír) Slovak: klystír m Spanish: enema (es) m, lavativa (es) f Swedish: lavemang (sv) Turkish: lavman (tr)

fluid so injected

Czech: klystýr (cs) m Finnish: peräruiske (fi) Portuguese: enema m, clister m Spanish: enema (es) m Turkish: lavman (tr)

Anagrams

• Ameen, Menae, Naeem, amene, meane

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eneːma]

Verb

enema

1. (transitive) to abide by (a ritual prohibition)

Derived terms

• öönema

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “enema”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίηναι (eníēnai, “to send in, inject”), from ἐν (en, “em”) + ἱέναι (hiénai, “to send, throw”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -emɐ

Noun

enema m (plural enemas)

1. enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)

   Synonyms: clister, enteroclisma, (Brazil) chuca

2. enema (the injected fluid)

   Synonym: clister

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίηναι (eníēnai, “to send in, inject”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + ἱέναι (hiénai, “to send, throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnema/ [eˈne.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: e‧ne‧ma

Noun

enema m (plural enemas)

1. enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)

   Synonyms: clister, lavado, lavativa

2. enema (the injected fluid)

Further reading

• “enema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014