enema

noun

1. An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.

   “To the distensile enema of simple tepid water, no valid objection can be urged.”

   “[…] It is further neglected by a mental dependence upon cathartics or enemata to produce the stimulation. Defecalgesiophobia is a common cause for neglecting the act.”

   “Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging.”

   “But alcohol enemas are no laughing matter, experts say. […] Using an alcohol enema involves placing a small tube into someone’s rectum and pouring alcohol into the colon.”

2. The fluid so injected.
3. A device for administering such an injection.

verb

1. To administer an enema.

   “It's common to enema before anal sex.”

   “It would take simpler souls with little or no training to do the yeoman work of enemaing and puking the sick people of the community.”

   “"So, there I was, shaved and enemaed, in the labor room with my husband.”

   “I got out of the hospital after my last suicide attempt — the one where I tried to enema myself to death with hot buttered rum”

   “Shower and she enemas herself and I put towels on the bed, which in retrospect weren't enough because her enema spilt over onto the sheets”