Middle English Dictionary Entry
enema n.
Entry Info
| Forms | enema n. |
| Etymology | ML, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. An injection of liquid into the rectum as a purge; clyster.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)162a/b : Clisteriez forsoþ or enema was take of a brid ynea [L ciconia] þat for akyng of his wombe toke water of þe see with his bille and kest it in to yt bihyndefurþ as reherceþ G[alen].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. enema.