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Meaning of clyster | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/ˈklɪstə/

Definitions

A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository.

archaic

Examples

“Cnelius a physician being sent for, found his costiveness alone to be the cause, and thereupon gave him a clyster, by which he was speedily recovered.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Clytemnestra Clyth Clytie knot Clywedog Cm CM/ECF