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Enema

Definition: Enema

Enema

Noun

1. Injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "enema" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references)

Etymology: Enema \En"e*ma\, noun; plural Latin Enemata. [Latin expression enema, Greek, from to send in; in to send.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Enema

DomainDefinitions

Health

The injection of a liquid through the anus into the large bowel. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Enema

Synonym: clyster (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Enema

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Insertion

Clyster, enema, glyster, lavage, lavement.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Enema

English words defined with "enema": barium enemaEnemata. (references)
Specialty definitions using "enema": lower GI seriesSmall Bowel Enema, SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Enema" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (enema), Portuguese (enema, enemy), Spanish (clyster, enema).

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Modern Usage: Enema

DomainUsage

Screenplays

He was full of pep. Must've had his grande-latte enema. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

-- give the Solar System an enema, that's where they stick the tube in. We've heard that one! (Saturn 3; writing credit: Martin Amis; John Barry)

Movie/TV Titles

Waterworld 4: History of the Enema (1997)

Abducted by the Enema Bandit (1997)

Wine Enema (1995)

The Enema Bandit Strikes Again (1995)

Enema Obedience 2 (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Enema

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Enema

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

A barium enema is a series of x-rays of the colon and rectum. (references)

This is why a lower GI series is sometimes called a barium enema. (references)

An impaction can be softened with mineral oil taken by mouth and an enema. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Enema

"Enema" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.35% of the time. "Enema" is used about 121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.35%11929,501
Noun (proper)1.65%2245,945
                    Total100.00%121N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Enema

Expressions using "enema": barium enema enema syringe give an enema Small Bowel Enema. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Enema

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

enema

5,297

enema story

736

enema picture

444

enema sex

335

enema pic

202

enema video

194

enema nurse

175

barium enema

166

punishment enema

162

coffee enema

138

enema equipment

126

erotic enema

123

enema fetish

111

enema bag

103

enema movie

102

enema photo

93

fleet enema

91

enema gallery picture

84

enema gallery

77

enema girl

66
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Enema

Language Translations for "enema"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

klizmë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حقنة شرجية (clyster), ‏سائل معد لحقنة شرجية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

клизма (clyster, lavement), иригатор. (various references)

   

Czech

  

výplach, klystýr (clyster). (various references)

   

Danish

  

lavement (clyster). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

enema, rectale injectie, lavement (clyster), klysma (clyster), klisteer (clyster), clysteer, clysma. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تنقیه , اماله . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

peräruiske (clyster). (various references)

   

French

  

lavement. (various references)

   

German

  

einlauf (check(starting from an edge), clyster, entry, finish, gulley, gully, induction, inlet, intake, road gully, street gully, street inlet, suction, surface water gully, vent), Klysma (clyster), klistier (clyster). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κλύσμα (clyster). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מסיכ" (blend, clyster, embrocation, liniment, mixture, ointment), חוקן (clyster, syringe). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

beöntés (clyster, infusion, irruption), allövet (colonics). (various references)

   

Italian

  

clistere (clyster). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

灌腸 , 潅腸 , 浣腸 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

か"ちょう (a spy, authorities, CabinetSecretary, captain, chief abbot, chief librarian, curator, director, ebb tide, government office, Han Dynasty, low tide, one's best form, superintendent, superintendent priest). (various references)

   

Manx

  

glistyr (agitation, haste, hurry, squall). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

klystèr. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enemaay

   

Portuguese

  

enema (enemy). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

spãlãturã (douche, lavement, wash, washing), clismã (clyster). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

клизма (clyster, lavement). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

klistir (clyster). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

enema (clyster). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lavemang. (various references)

   

Thai

  

น้ำยาที่ใช้สำหรับการสวนทวารหนัก, การสวนทวารหนักโ"ยใช้น้ำยา. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

lavman sıvısı, lavman (clyster, injection, washing). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

клізма (clyster). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Enema

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

enema. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Enema

Derivations

Words beginning with "enema": enemas, enemata. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Enema" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anema, Azema, eeza, Ehem, Einem, einema, Elema, emema, emena, enaema, enama, enamo, enangan, enayme, endeka, Endelman, endem, endema, endesa, endma, eneem, enem, enemaed, enemal, enemi, enemia, enemic, enen, enent, Engesa, Enheim, enim, enima, Enisa, enm, enma, Enmag, ennea, ennema, ennemi, ennima, enom, entem, Entman, Envermeu, enyma, enzema, Esema, Etemad, exema, Fennema, Ifema, inea, Ineka, inem, inema, inima, Jensema, Kenema, Mnemba, neam, neeman, Neeme, Neeva, Nefma, nema, Nemea, nemi, ngema, Niema, Niemax, Njema, Penerme. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Enema"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "enema" (pronounced e"numu)
4-n u m ucinema.
3-u m uanathema, eczema, maxima, optima, Ultima.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Enema

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-n"

-1 letter: amen, mane, mean, name, neem, nema.

-2 letters: ane, eme, mae, man, men, nae, nam, nee.

-3 letters: ae, am, an, em, en, ma, me, na, ne.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-n"
 

+1 letter: axemen, bemean, bename, demean, enamel, enemas, examen, manege, meaner, meanie, menace, menage, mensae, rename, seamen.

 

+2 letters: amebean, amended, amender, amylene, anemone, axoneme, basemen, beadmen, bedeman, bemeans, benamed, benames, cavemen, cementa, demeans, emanate, empanel, emplane, enamels, enamine, endgame, enemata, enflame, enframe, etamine, examens, examine, freeman, gatemen, germane, gleeman, headmen, kamseen, leadmen, manatee, maneges, matinee, meander, meaners, meanest, meanies, meatmen, melange, menaced, menacer, menaces, menages, methane, penname, prename, reedman, renamed, renames, seedman, teleman, velamen.

 

+3 letters: abetment, adeeming, aldermen, ambience, amenable, amenders, amoebean, amylenes, anemones, anemoses, anthemed, antimere, atheneum, averment, axonemes, bargemen, basement, beadsmen, bedamned, bedesman, bemadden, bemeaned, bemoaned, bonemeal, brakemen, camphene, casement, daemones, dalesmen, damneder, dampened, dampener, demanded, demander, demeaned, demeanor, dementia, earthmen, easement, emanated, emanates, embanked, emendate, empanels, emplaned, emplanes, empyrean, enameled, enameler, enamines, enamored, encamped, endamage, endameba, endemial, endgames, enflamed, enflames, enframed, enframes, engramme, enjambed, ensample, entameba, ependyma, etamines, eudaemon, everyman, examined, examinee, examiner, examines, exanthem, filename, forename, freedman, gameness, gamesmen, ganymede, geminate, gendarme, headsmen, hematein, hematine, hermaean, hexamine, hymeneal, kamseens, khamseen, lameness, lamented, lamenter, leadsmen, lemonade, liegeman, maddened, maenades, maleness, manatees, maneless, maneuver, mannered, mantelet, matinees, meanders, meanness, meantime, megadyne, melamine, melanges, melanite, melanize, membrane, menacers, menarche, mendable, menhaden, menswear, methanes, mineable, miseaten, nameable, nameless, namesake, nematode, numerate, pavement, pennames, permeant, placemen, prenames, redemand, remained, remanded, remanent, remanned, salesmen, sameness, seedsman, sheepman, spacemen, spearmen, talesmen, tameness, tegmenta, unseamed, verseman, watermen, whalemen, wheelman.

 

+4 letters: abasement, abatement, abetments, aeronomer, agreement, alimented, alinement, allemande, amazement, ambiences, amendable, amendment, amenities, amnestied, amnesties, ampleness, amusement, anamneses, antimeres, apoenzyme, archenemy, athenaeum, atheneums, atonement, augmented, augmenter, averments, basements, battement, bemaddens, bemeaning, bonemeals, cameramen, camphenes, casements, cattlemen, chameleon, damascene, damnedest, dampeners, deaminase, deaminate, deathsmen, debarment, demanders, demeaning, demeanors, demeanour, demential, dementias, ealdormen, easements, elemental, eliminate, emanative, embayment, embrangle, emendable, emendated, emendates, emittance, empaneled, empennage, empyreans, enactment, enamelers, enameling, enamelist, enamelled, enamoured, endamaged, endamages, endamebae, endamebas, endamoeba, engrammes, ensamples, entamebae, entamebas, entamoeba, enumerate, ependymas, estaminet, eudaemons, examinees, examiners, exanimate, exanthema, exanthems, exciseman, filenames, forenamed, forenames, ganymedes, garagemen, garmented, geminated, geminates, gendarmes, gentleman, geomancer, germander, germanely, germanize, germinate, greenmail, gynaeceum, hemateins, hematines, hexamines, hymeneals, immanence, impaneled, impedance, intermale, jessamine, khamseens, lamenters, lemonades, letterman, lineament, macedoine, madeleine, madnesses, madrilene, magdalene, magnesite, magnetise, magnetite, magnetize, maharanee, mainsheet, maneuvers, manganese, manoeuvre, manometer, mantelets, margented, mateyness, maundered, maunderer, meandered, meantimes, meanwhile, meatiness, mechanize, megadynes, megaphone, melamines, melanites, melanized, melanizes, membraned, membranes, menadione, menagerie, menarches, menhadens, meningeal, menopause, mercenary, merganser, mescaline, mesentera, messaline, methadone, mezzanine, mincemeat, minelayer, nameplate, namesakes, nanometer, nematodes, nemertean, newmarket, newsmaker, numerable, numerated, numerates, pavements, penumbrae, permanent, phenomena, placement, praenomen, promenade, ravelment, reanimate, redemands, reexamine, reimagine, remainder, remanence, repairmen, repayment, reteaming, safetymen, seaminess, segmental, selectman, semblance, smartened, stablemen, statement, statesmen, steersman, tegmental, telamones, terminate, testament, tradesmen, treatment, treponema, unamended, unawesome, undreamed, venireman, washermen, wheelsman, winemaker.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Enema


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6E 65 6D 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101110 01100101 01101101 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#110 &#101 &#109 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 0065 006D 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3980717967

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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