A medical treatment in which liquid is introduced into the body, especially an enema used to cleanse the bowels or deliver medicine.
From Greek klysis, derived from klyzein (to rinse or wash). The term entered medical Latin and then English, becoming standard terminology for this type of treatment.
Ancient Greek doctors literally used the word 'washing' (klyzein) to describe what happens during an enema—they understood the cleansing principle so well that their one-word description has lasted over 2,000 years in medical practice.
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