Crossword clues for clyster
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clyster \Clys"ter\, n. [L., fr. G. ?. fr. ? to wash off or out; akin to Goth. hl[=u]trs pure, G. lauter: cf. F. clyst[`e]re] (Med.) A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema.
Clyster pipe, a tube or pipe used for injections.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from French clystère (Old French clistre, 13c.) or directly from Latin clyster, from Greek klyster, from klyzein "to wash out" (see cloaca).
Wiktionary
n. (context now rare English) A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository
WordNet
n. injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes [syn: enema]
Usage examples of "clyster".
Mayhap six feet or so of oaken clyster will, if not truly ease you, at least serve as a counterirritant.
But every body was subject to storms of such magnitude the doctors were rendered helpless, despite their lancets, their clysters, their poultices, their potions, their magical herbs.
There was a partial absence of the peritoneal sac, and the obstruction readily yielded to a clyster and laxative.
Her method consisted in giving from one to three drams of the powdered root, after using a clyster, and following the dose up with a purge of scammony and calomel.
Throw me down a ladder at once, you sorry by-blow outcome of a diseased sow and a spavined camel's perversions, else I'll see you given that swivel gun and all within it as the hottest clyster that your foul fundament ever has known!