enema
(en′ĕ-mă)
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[Gr. enema, injection]
1. The introduction of a solution into the rectum and colon to stimulate bowel activity and cause emptying of the lower intestine, for feeding or therapeutic purposes, to give anesthesia, or to aid in radiographic studies.
2. A solution introduced into the rectum.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Enema." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758080/all/enema.
Enema. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758080/all/enema. Accessed December 6, 2024.
Enema. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758080/all/enema
Enema [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758080/all/enema.
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