| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | en·e·ma |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n  -m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl.
1. The injection of liquid into the rectum through the anus for cleansing, for stimulating evacuation of the bowels, or for other therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. 2. The fluid so injected. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin, from Greek, from en enai, to send in, inject : en-, in; see en–2 + henai, to send; see y - in Appendix I.
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