ENEMA (enemata)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: enemata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does enema mean? 

• ENEMA (noun)
  The noun ENEMA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ENEMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENEMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

clyster; enema

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)

 Context examples 

An enema solution containing 5% glycerin, a trihydroxy alcohol with osmotic laxative activity.

(Glycerin Enema, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes a special diet, nutritional supplements, pancreatic enzymes, and coffee enemas.

(Gonzalez regimen, NCI Dictionary)

It is given by injection into a vein, by enema, or by mouth.

(Contrast Agent, NCI Dictionary)

Coffee enemas are being tested in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

(Coffee enema, NCI Dictionary)

The first 25 patients who lacked known beneficial bacteria were enrolled into the study and randomly assigned to the different treatment groups: 14 received auto-FMT by enema and 11 received standard-of-care.

(Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients, National Institutes of Health)

It is mixed with water and used in barium swallows and barium enemas to help show parts of the digestive system on an x-ray.

(Barium sulfate, NCI Dictionary)