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Injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation
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clyster
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context now rare English) A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository
WordNet
Word definitions in 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!