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/ˈklɪstə/ · noun
(now rare) A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository..
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.
Use clyster when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clyster means (now rare) A medicine applied via the rectum; an enema or suppository..
Common synonyms include enema.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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