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clystere

clystere, ~erium (clist-) [κλυστήρ, κλυστήριον] , clyster or clyster-pipe. ut ‥ ~erio vomituque purgaretur J. Sal. Pol. 404B; [ciconia] rostro alvum purgare dicitur; unde et natura usum instrumenti quod dicitur ‘~ere’ docuisse credenda est Neckam NR I 64; contra inobedientiam ventris fiat suppositorium aut clystre P. Blois Ep. 43. 128a; quando ‥ dissinteria fuerit vicio inferiorum intestinorum facta, magis competit cura per ~eria et suppositoria Gilb. V 222. 2 (cf. ib.: adhibendum est ~ere mundificativum, dein constrictivum); succus ‥ coletur et per ~ere iniciatur Bacon IX 126; cum ~eri purgetur Gad. 4v. 2 (cf. ib. 6v. 1: ~ere commune mollificativum); 1307 pro medicin’, sirup’ et glister’, xl s. (KR Ac) EHR LXVII 174; a clister, ~ire, ~erium, ~ro CathA.

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