Definition of enema

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en·e·ma    (n-m) KEY 

NOUN:

1. The injection of liquid into the rectum through the anus for cleansing, for stimulating evacuation of the bowels, or for other therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
2. The fluid so injected.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin, from Greek, from enenai, to send in, inject : en-, in ; see en-² + henai, to send; see y- in Indo-European roots