(klystḗr/klystḗrion, Lat. clyster/clysterium; also klŷsma/klysmós and éngklysma, derived from klýzein/ engklýzein, Lat. inicere: to pour, to rinse, and enetḗr/énema, from: eniénai: to inject) or clyster: pharmaceutical substance of, and device for, administering parenteral (in this case, often in combination with the adverb kátō or the verb hypoklýzein) or (in gynaecological treatises) vaginal injections of therapeutic solutions.
The instrument consisted of a flexible and compressible container (animal skin or bladder) with two opening…