Get to know Enema better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like irrigation.
Enema meaning
- An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
- The fluid so injected.
- A device for administering such an injection.
Synonyms of Enema
Using Enema
- The main meaning on this page is: An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes. | The fluid so injected. | A device for administering such an injection.
- Useful related words include: clyster, irrigation.
- In the example corpus, enema often appears in combinations such as: an enema, barium enema.
Context around Enema
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Enema
- In this selection, "enema" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, barium, personnel, operation, comes, meconium and regimen stand out and add context to how "enema" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a barium enema for detection and a personnel enema. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "enema" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with enema
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And CNN will remain dead unless CNN chief Chris Licht does a personnel enema. (14 words)
He said there are three ways to use ozone – through the bloodstream, local injection or enema. (16 words)
That Operation Enema might prove to be an effective tactic is evidenced by the handwringing already in progress. (18 words)
The authors of the paper in question cite a study on rats (both non-uremic and uremic) in which all uremic rats died on a sorbitol enema regimen, whilst uremic rats on non-sorbitol regimens – even with SPS included – showed no signs of colonic damage. (45 words)
After birth, a foal's navel is dipped in antiseptic to prevent infection, it is sometimes given an enema to help clear the meconium from its digestive tract, and the newborn is monitored to ensure that it stands and nurses without difficulty. (42 words)
The Israeli military operation has so far involved the installation of seven massive pumps and testing the process of flooding the Hamas holes with water from the Mediterranean Sea, and now the great enema has begun in earnest. (38 words)
Example sentences (12)
And CNN will remain dead unless CNN chief Chris Licht does a personnel enema.
That Operation Enema might prove to be an effective tactic is evidenced by the handwringing already in progress.
The Israeli military operation has so far involved the installation of seven massive pumps and testing the process of flooding the Hamas holes with water from the Mediterranean Sea, and now the great enema has begun in earnest.
A female cliff diver has become an internet sensation after she defied a 'No Women' sign on a waterslide, which some compared to "having an enema".
Miranda Hart, who recalls a visit to hospital for an enema, comes a close second as she wonders, perhaps in jest, whether she would get “preferential treatment because of the whole fame thing”.
Another said, “No other album has defined me as a person as much as Enema of the State.
He said there are three ways to use ozone – through the bloodstream, local injection or enema.
They had to go to Okobo Ate, near Enjema to pipe water to this place, and it only terminates at the workers’ camp,” Onuh Enema, a resident said.
After birth, a foal's navel is dipped in antiseptic to prevent infection, it is sometimes given an enema to help clear the meconium from its digestive tract, and the newborn is monitored to ensure that it stands and nurses without difficulty.
CT colonography (also known as virtual colonoscopy or VC for short) may be as useful as a barium enema for detection of tumors, but may use a lower radiation dose.
In barium enema, meconium plug syndrome rather shows normal or dilated colon as compared to micro-colon in meconium ileus.
The authors of the paper in question cite a study on rats (both non-uremic and uremic) in which all uremic rats died on a sorbitol enema regimen, whilst uremic rats on non-sorbitol regimens – even with SPS included – showed no signs of colonic damage.
Common combinations with enema
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an enema 3×
- barium enema 2×