ENEMA
What does "ENEMA" mean?
A procedure of injecting liquid into the rectum, usually to clear the bowels or give medication.
Meanings
- The injection of fluid into the lower bowel through the anus, or the fluid used. The patient was given an enema before the colon examination. technical
Did you know?
- The enema is one of medicine's oldest recorded treatments - it is described in the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus from around 1550 BCE, more than three thousand years before modern medicine.
Word origin
From Greek 'enema' (an injection), from 'enienai' (to send in, inject), from 'en-' (in) plus 'hienai' (to send); adopted into medical Latin and then English.
Remember it
ENEMA = 'en-' (in) + 'ema': it sends fluid IN, the opposite direction of how things usually leave.
A little poem
An old, plain mercy-
what the body cannot move,
warm water persuades.
haiku
What it teaches
Some relief comes only from the indignity we'd rather skip; comfort and dignity are not always the same path.
Quick facts
What does ENEMA mean?
A procedure of injecting liquid into the rectum, usually to clear the bowels or give medication.
Is ENEMA a valid word?
Yes — ENEMA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ENEMA?
ENEMA has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does ENEMA come from?
From Greek 'enema' (an injection), from 'enienai' (to send in, inject), from 'en-' (in) plus 'hienai' (to send); adopted into medical Latin and then English.
What can ENEMA teach us?
Some relief comes only from the indignity we'd rather skip; comfort and dignity are not always the same path.
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