ENEMA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: enemata

Meaning:

An injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes

Synonyms:

clyster; enema

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("enema" is a kind of...):

irrigation ((medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enema"):

colonic; colonic irrigation (a water enema given to flush out the colon)

barium enema (enema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and X-rays are taken to search for lesions)