clyster

English - Turkish

Definition of clyster in English Turkish dictionary

(Tıp) klizma

lavman

şırınga

tenkiye

(Tıp) Rektum yoluyla kalın barsağa sıvı sevketme, lavman, klizma

tenkıye

(isim) lavman, lâvman, tenkiye

English - English

Definition of clyster in English English dictionary

A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema

Cnelius a physician being sent for, found his costiveness alone to be the cause, and thereupon gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered.

{n} an injection, a glyster

{f} administer an enema

injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes

{i} enema

A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema

Related Terms

clyster pipe

{i} pipe or tube used for injections

Hyphenation

clys·ter

Etymology

[ 'klis-t&r ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle French clystère, or its source, Latin clyster, from Ancient Greek κλυστήρ.