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Definition of clyster in English: clysternoun ˈklɪstəˈklɪstər archaic term for enema Example sentencesExamples - The remedies which they use are large clysters, whereby they void store of windiness.
- Since at least the days of Hippocratic hygiene, and until at least the mid nineteenth century, the Western medical profession urged the regular prophylactic use of emetics and clysters.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French clystere or Latin clyster, from Greek klustēr 'syringe', from kluzein 'wash out'. Definition of clyster in US English: clysternounˈklɪstərˈklistər archaic term for enema Example sentencesExamples - Since at least the days of Hippocratic hygiene, and until at least the mid nineteenth century, the Western medical profession urged the regular prophylactic use of emetics and clysters.
- The remedies which they use are large clysters, whereby they void store of windiness.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French clystere or Latin clyster, from Greek klustēr ‘syringe’, from kluzein ‘wash out’. |