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clyster

[ klis-ter ]

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. an enema.


clyster

/ 藞办濒瑟蝉迟蓹 /

noun

  1. med a former name for an enema
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of clyster1

1350鈥1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek 办濒测蝉迟脓谤, equivalent to *klyd- (base of 办濒媒锄别颈苍 to rinse out; cataclysm ) + -迟脓谤 agent noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of clyster1

C14: from Greek 办濒耻蝉迟脓谤, from kluzein to rinse
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What shall I say to thy internal spirit,鈥攖hy opium,鈥攖hy salt-petre,鈥斺攖hy greasy unctions,鈥攖hy daily purges,鈥攖hy nightly clysters, and succedaneums?

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If this is unsuccessful, give a clyster, made with a pipeful of tobacco, boiled for a few minutes in a pint of water.

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The eclampsia continued one hour, and were controlled by large and repeated doses of bromide of potassium, aided by clysters of five grains of hydrate of chloral in water.

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A stimulating clyster may then be given, composed of warm water, into which a few grains of powdered capsicum may be sprinkled.

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Shall I speak, dear Warner? let me now; it does so wamble within me, just like a clyster, i'faith la, and I can keep it no longer, for my heart.

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