clyster

American  

[klis-ter] / ˈklɪs tər /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. an enema.

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clyster British  

/ ˈklɪstə /

noun

1. med a former name for an enema

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Etymology

Origin of clyster

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek klystēr, equivalent to *klyd- (base of klýzein to rinse out; cf. cataclysm) + -tēr agent noun suffix

Example Sentences

The17th Century was the Golden Age of the enema, or clyster as it was then called.

From Time Magazine Archive

After venesection from ten grains to twenty of calomel made into very small pills; if this is rejected, a grain of aloe every hour; a blister; crude mercury; warm-bath; if a clyster of iced water?

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

I was informed of a case, where solutions of mercurial ointment were used as a clyster every night for a month without success.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

If the child suck not, remove the flux with such purges as leave a cooling quality behind them, as syrup of honey or roses, or a clyster.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

The fruit is a drastic purgative, and an infusion of it is used either internally or in the form of clyster.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.