Noun
plural
- Plural of enema
- 1767: David Macbride, Experimental Essays on Medical and Philosophical Subjects,
page 206
page 396- The bowels should be kept well opened, and for this purpose warm abundant enemata are of great and special service.
- 1859: James Copland, A Dictionary of Practical Medicine,
page 101- In some cases it may be advisable to render the enemata more irritating by the addition of compound extract of colocynth. Irritating injections are enjoined by
Aretæus,
Forestus, and many modern authors, particularly
Thilenius. In cases following hæmorrhoids, they are more especially indicated, after leeches have been applied to the vicinity of the anus.
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- About the only thing M&C is any use for is champagne enemata; ever tried? All those bubbles…
- 2010: Ian Peate, Nursing Care and the Activities of Living,
page 148- Some patients may need assistance with defaecation in the form of suppositories or enemata, whilst others may need a colostomy as a result of cancer of the colon.
