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Definition: Barium Enema |
Barium EnemaNoun1. Contrast medium is injected into the rectum and x-rays are taken to search for lesions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A procedure in which a liquid with barium in it is put into the rectum and colon by way of the anus. Barium is a silver-white metallic compound that helps to show the image of the lower gastrointestinal tract on an x-ray. (references) |
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Crosswords: Barium Enema |
| Specialty definitions using "barium enema": lower GI series. (references) |
| 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) | ||
For a barium enema x ray, the doctor puts barium through the anus into the intestine before taking the picture. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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 |
barium enema | 166 |
barium enema preparation | 8 |
barium enema enema | 6 |
barium enema picture | 4 |
barium enema polipo | 3 |
barium enema procedure | 3 |
alternative barium enema | 3 |
double contrast barium enema | 3 |
barium enema test | 3 |
barium enema glucagon | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "barium enema"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | røntgenundersøgelse af rectum og colon med anvendelse af baryt (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow). (various references) | |
Dutch | bariumschyma (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow). (various references) | |
Finnish | bariumsulfaattiperäruiske (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow), bariumperäruiske (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow). (various references) | |
French | lavment baryté, lavement baryté (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow). (various references) | |
German | Bariumsulfat-Kontrastmitteleinlauf (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow). (various references) | |
Greek | βαριούχος κατάποση (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow), βαριούχος υποκλυσμός (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow). (various references) | |
Italian | clisma opaco (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ariumbay enemaay.(various references) | |
Spanish | exploración intestinal con bario (barium contrast study, barium study, barium swallow). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Barium Enema" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barium emema. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-i-m-m-n-r-u" | |
-3 letters: amberina, manubria, membrane. | |
-4 letters: amebean, beamier, marimba, uraemia. | |
-5 letters: airman, airmen, ambari, ambeer, amebae, ameban, ammine, anemia, anuria, barium, barman, barmen, barmie, beanie, bemean, bemire, bename, berime, bireme, bummer, burnie, embrue, erbium, ermine, imbrue, immane, immune, immure, maimer, manure, marina, marine, meaner, meanie, member, merman, mermen, mimbar, murein, murine, number, remain, rename, rumina, umbrae, unbear, urania, urbane, uremia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-i-m-m-n-r-u" | |
+5 letters: immeasurableness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 72 69 75 6D 45 6E 65 6D 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110010 01101001 01110101 01101101 00100000 01000101 01101110 01100101 01101101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a r i u m   E n e m a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0072 0069 0075 006D 0045 006E 0065 006D 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36678475877923980717967 |
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