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单词 clyster
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Definition of clyster in English:

clyster

noun 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:

clyster

nounˈklɪstərˈklistər
  • 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’.

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