clyster
/ˈklɪstə
/noun
Archaic term for enema.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'.