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Definition: Enema |
EnemaNoun1. 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) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The injection of a liquid through the anus into the large bowel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: EnemaSynonym: clyster (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insertion | Clyster, enema, glyster, lavage, lavement. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Enema |
| English words defined with "enema": barium enema ♦ Enemata. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "enema": lower GI series ♦ Small 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). |
| Domain | Usage | |
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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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.35% | 119 | 29,501 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.65% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 121 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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 enema (enemy). (various references) spãlãturã (douche, lavement, wash, washing), clismã (clyster). (various references) клизма (clyster, lavement). (various references) klistir (clyster). (various references) enema (clyster). (various references) lavemang. (various references) น้ำยาที่ใช้สำหรับการสวนทวารหนัก, การสวนทวารหนักโ"ยใช้น้ำยา. (various references) lavman sıvısı, lavman (clyster, injection, washing). (various references) клізма (clyster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | enema. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "enema": enemas, enemata. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "enema" (pronounced e"numu) |
| 4 | -n u m u | cinema. |
| 3 | -u m u | anathema, eczema, maxima, optima, Ultima. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 65 6D 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01100101 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n e m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0065 006D 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3980717967 |
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