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• Enema — Not to be confused with Edema. This rectal bulb syringe may be used to administer smaller enemas …   Wikipedia

• enema — A rectal injection for clearing out the bowel, or administering drugs or food. [G.] air contrast e. a radiographic double contrast e. in which air is introduced after coating of the colon with a dense barium suspension. SYN …   Medical dictionary

• enema — n.; pl. enemata or enemas a quantity of fluid infused into the rectum through a tube passed into the anus. An evacuant enema (soap or olive oil) is used to remove faeces. A therapeutic enema is used to insert drugs into the rectum, usually… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Barium enema — A series of x rays of the lower intestine (colon) and rectum that are taken after the patient is given an enema with a white, chalky solution that contains barium. The barium outlines the intestines on the x rays. These x rays permit the… …   Medical dictionary

• Malone antegrade continence enema — The vermiform appendix is typically used in the Malone antegrade continence enema. A Malone antegrade continence enema, also known as Malone procedure and by the abbreviation MACE, is a surgical procedure used to create a continent pathway… …   Wikipedia

• Nutrient enema — A nutrient enema, also known as feeding per rectum, rectal alimentation, or rectal feeding, is an enema administered with the intent of providing nutrition when normal eating is not possible. Although this treatment is ancient, dating back at… …   Wikipedia

• barium enema — a technique for examination of the large bowel. A tube is inserted into the rectum through the anus, and barium sulphate is run into the bowel to the caecum. For double contrast, gas is then pumped through the tube to distend the colon. A series… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Fleet enema — trademark for an enema containing, in each 100 mL, 16 g sodium biphosphate and 6 g sodium phosphate, packaged in a plastic squeeze bottle fitted with a prelubricated rectal tube 5 cm long …   Medical dictionary

• small-bowel enema — a technique for examining the jejunum and ileum by passing a tube through the mouth, oesophagus, and stomach into the small bowel and directly injecting barium. It gives excellent detail of the lining of the small bowel but is more uncomfortable… …   Medical dictionary

• blind enema — insertion of a flexible tube into the rectum for expulsion of flatus …   Medical dictionary

• small-bowel enema — enteroclysis a technique for examining the jejunum and ileum by passing a tube through the mouth, oesophagus, and stomach into the small bowel and directly injecting barium. It gives excellent detail of the lining of the small bowel but is more… …   The new mediacal dictionary