The word Enema in other languages

Not sò if this is the correct section...I propose you a plays nice...what you say about inserting in this discussion all the translations of the word Enema...this way it will be easier to retrieve information on internet😉

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in Italian

clistere, eteroclisma, peretta.

In French; lavement, clystère 😎

In German: Einlauf, Klistier

Spanish: "lavativa" and "enema"

The German word for enema bag is irrigator, French is irrigateur.

The Danish word for enema is klyster, yet the Danes also use the word lavement.

Danish for bulb syringe is klystersprøjte.

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In Spanish, lavativa y lavado.

An italian word for enema is eNteroclisma, not eteroclisma. This is the standard bag enema, not quite used in Italian houses. Peretta (literally "little pear") means "bulb enema", which is the standard type of home-made enema in Italy. Clistere just means "enema", including all types.

We also have "microclismi" which are very small (max 10ml) prefilled enemas. They contain pure glycerin or a glycerin solution and are quick and VERY effective. They are similar to "japanese figs" (anyone heard of them?)

Sadly bulb enemas and bag enemas are in rapid decline in Italy. Most friends of mine when constipated use a microclisma.

Is there in other countries something like Italian microclismi?!?

The DuPont company has had a policy of marketing chemical substances it patents, such as "Teflon", with names that do not match anything in the principal Western languages.

Years ago, one product reportedly had to be renamed after it was found to be the same name as the word for "enema" in Swedish.

We wonder if anyone can confirm this story?

I heard this story also years ago. I heard it was to be a name for new oil, and was generated by computer. I’ve often wondered what the name was, but I never heard any more about it. Interesting thread. Any more input?

In Dutch, "klisma".

In hebrew the word is hoken, it is pronounced with a hard "h" sound.

Dutch:

klysma [sometimes also written as as klisma (non-official language)]

klisteer

lavement

And in greek, klisma..

Enema in Polish language is: lewatywa. 😁

In italiano clistere, clisma o enteroclisma

Swedish: lavemang

Finnish: peräruiske

Danish: lavement

Norwegian: klyster

Icelandic: þarmaskolun

In Russian -- клизма or клистир

In Spanish -- jeringa or servicio

In Czech -- klystýr

Swedish for enema is Lavemang, I think.

Strange name for a chemical, but they have used up everything else, I guess. Pretty soon, the new wonder drug will have to be named XZQPNTXQ or thereabouts. Then, they'll need a NEW wonder drug to untangle the tongue of anyone who tries to pronounce it.

Jon

In Japanese "Kancho"

In Chinese,灌肠

I always thought that the Japanese was 浣腸 Well that is what I use in searching for it and works well.

An italian word for enema is eNteroclisma, not eteroclisma. This is the standard bag enema, not quite used in Italian houses. Peretta (literally "little pear") means "bulb enema", which is the standard type of home-made enema in Italy. Clistere just means "enema", including all types.

We also have "microclismi" which are very small (max 10ml) prefilled enemas. They contain pure glycerin or a glycerin solution and are quick and VERY effective. They are similar to "japanese figs" (anyone heard of them?)

Sadly bulb enemas and bag enemas are in rapid decline in Italy. Most friends of mine when constipated use a microclisma.

Is there in other countries something like Italian microclismi?!?

Enemas with bulbs and bags barely exists for health reasons here in Sweden. I have never heard about it anyway. For me it feels a bit awkward when I read about a lot of people that got regular enemas from their mom as a child. 😮

Here we also have small enemas, they are called Microlax. It's 5 ml tubes with sorbitol, potassium lauryl sulphate, glycerine and water. They are somewhat effective but I don't get "explosive" results from them. There are also Resulax which basicly is sorbitol in water and they are not very effective, at least not for me.

Another french translation is "le broc"

In hungarian "beöntés"

"be" meant "in", "öntés" meant "flushing"

The process in Spanish is ENEMA, LAVATIVA, LAVADO, LAVADO INTESTINAL, AYUDA (the last, in archaic texts) the instrument, IRRIGADOR.

Does any one know what it is in Latin?

Enema is the Latin spelling...The plural is Enemata....

Have others also noticed that the "foreign" words are much more pleasant sounding than "enema." I'm sure I'm not alone in linking it with "enemy" as a kid, not making the treatment more welcome.

In Português: lavagem intestinal, irrigação.

Besides "enema", the Latin language also used "clysterium", from which was derived the verb "clysterizare". Of course, both terms camefrom the Greek.