clyster

[ klis-ter ]

/ ˈklɪs tər /

noun Medicine/Medical.

an enema.

Origin of clyster

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin <Greek klystēr, equivalent to *klyd- (base of klýzein to rinse out; cf. cataclysm) + -tēr agent noun suffix

Words nearby clyster

Clydesdale, clype, clypeate, clypeus, clysis, clyster, Clytemnestra, Clytius, cm, CMA, CMC

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Example sentences from the Web for clyster

In severe cases a clyster with ten or fifteen drops of liquor ammoni is said to do good.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
I was informed of a case, where solutions of mercurial ointment were used as a clyster every night for a month without success.
Zoonomia, Vol. II|Erasmus Darwin
Clyster, klis′tėr, n. a liquid injected into the intestines to wash them out.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
The Clyster given the Child last evening operated very well.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark|Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Molière, in his seventeenth-century satires on the European medical profession, ridicules the excessive use of the clyster.
Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699|Thomas P. Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for clyster

clyster

/ (ˈklɪstə) /

noun

med a former name for an enema

Word Origin for clyster

C14: from Greek klustēr, from kluzein to rinse

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Medical definitions for clyster

clyster

[ klĭs′tər ]

n.

An enema.

单词	clyster
释义	clyster [ klis-ter ] / ˈklɪs tər / noun Medicine/Medical. an enema. Origin of clyster 1350–1400; Middle English <Latin <Greek klystēr, equivalent to *klyd- (base of klýzein to rinse out; cf. cataclysm) + -tēr agent noun suffix Words nearby clyster Clydesdale, clype, clypeate, clypeus, clysis, clyster, Clytemnestra, Clytius, cm, CMA, CMC Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clyster In severe cases a clyster with ten or fifteen drops of liquor ammoni is said to do good. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II\|Various I was informed of a case, where solutions of mercurial ointment were used as a clyster every night for a month without success. Zoonomia, Vol. II\|Erasmus Darwin Clyster, klis′tėr, n. a liquid injected into the intestines to wash them out. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)\|Various The Clyster given the Child last evening operated very well. The Journals of Lewis and Clark\|Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Molière, in his seventeenth-century satires on the European medical profession, ridicules the excessive use of the clyster. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699\|Thomas P. Hughes British Dictionary definitions for clyster clyster / (ˈklɪstə) / noun med a former name for an enema Word Origin for clyster C14: from Greek klustēr, from kluzein to rinse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for clyster clyster [ klĭs′tər ] n. An enema. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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