enema

[ en-uh-muh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
2. the fluid injected.
3. Also called enema bag. a rubber bag or other device for administering an enema.

enema

/ ˈɛnɪmə /

noun

1. the introduction of liquid into the rectum to evacuate the bowels, medicate, or nourish
2. the liquid so introduced

Word History and Origins

Origin of enema¹

First recorded in 1675–85; from Late Latin, from Greek: “injection,” from en- en- ² + (h)e- (stem of hiénai “to send, throw”) + -ma, noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of enema¹

C15: from New Latin, from Greek: injection, from enienai to send in, from hienai to send

Example Sentences

Blink-182’s smash hit album, “Enema of the State,” was released in 1999.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump can claim that he is Jesus, that the Earth is flat, and that a chlorine enema can cure cancer; there's little the courts can do.

From Salon

With the band drawing so heavily from “Enema,” “Take Off Your Pants” and the self-titled album, there was definitely a turn-back-the-clock element to Blink’s reunion run.

From Seattle Times

Somewhere between the back-to-back blitz of “Dysentery Gary” and “Dumpweed” — fan favorites off 1999’s star-making “Enema of the State” album — this under-slept dad with a lower back thing once again felt like a high-school sophomore searching for culture in whatever Carson Daly and his painted fingernail were serving on “Total Request Live” after school.

From Seattle Times

Starting with the classic cut off “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” — Blink’s follow-up to the mega-success of “Enema” — the playful band swung some of their emotionally heftier numbers like a hundred-pound hammer.

From Seattle Times

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