enema
n.n. a liquid that is put into your body through the bottom to clean it out. It is often used to help with constipation or before a medical test.
n. the introduction of a liquid into the rectum for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. Often used to cleanse the bowel or to administer medication.
The doctor recommended an enema to help with the patient's constipation.
Before the colonoscopy, the patient was instructed to perform an enema to ensure the bowel was completely empty.
While modern medicine often prefers oral laxatives, an enema remains a standard procedure for rapid bowel cleansing when a patient cannot tolerate oral intake.
Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).