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Webster 1913 Edition

Clyster

Clys′ter

,
Noun.
[L., fr. G. [GREEK]. fr. [GREEK] to wash off or out; akin to Goth.
hlūtrs
pure, G.
lauter
: cf. F.
clystère
]
(Med.)
A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema.
Clyster pipe
,
a tube or pipe used for injections.

Webster 1828 Edition

Clyster

CLYSTER

,
Noun.
An injection; a liquid substance injected into the lower intestines, for the purpose of promoting alvine discharges, relieving from costiveness, and cleansing the bowels. Sometimes it is administered to nourish and support patients who cannot swallow aliment.

Definition 2024

clyster

clyster

English

Noun

clyster ‎(plural clysters)

  1. (now rare) A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol.I, New York 2001, p.233-4:
      Cnelius a physician being sent for, found his costiveness alone to be the cause, and thereupon gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered.

Etymology

From Middle French clystere, or its source, Latin clyster, from Ancient Greek κλυστήρ ‎(klustḗr).

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