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enema

[ en-uh-muh ]

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noun

Medicine/Medical.

the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
the fluid injected.
Also called enema bag. a rubber bag or other device for administering an enema.

enema

/ ˈɛ��ɪ��ə /

noun

the introduction of liquid into the rectum to evacuate the bowels, medicate, or nourish
the liquid so introduced

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Word History and Origins

Origin of enema¹

First recorded in 1675–85; from Late Latin, from Greek: “injection,” from en- en- ² + (h)e- (stem of ��é�Բ�� “to send, throw”) + -ma, noun suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of enema¹

C15: from New Latin, from Greek: injection, from enienai to send in, from hienai to send

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�� if an incurable condition could be managed with fresh juice and coffee enemas?

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Trump can claim that he is Jesus, that the Earth is flat, and that a chlorine enema can cure cancer; there's little the courts can do.

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There, they performed another enema that finally helped with the pain.

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Coffee enemas in particular have caused severe inflammation of the rectum and colon and even death.

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The liquid nutritional supplement “would have acted just like an enema, and it would been expelled.”

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