| contrast enema | Enema using barium or another contrast medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| high enema | An enema instilled high up into the colon. Synonym: enteroclysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hypaque enema | Enema with water-soluble radiographic contrast material, whether diatrizoate or other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| small bowel enema | Radiographic examination of the small intestine, by retrograde filling from the contrast-filled large bowel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soapsuds enema | An enema of shredded or powdered soap in warm water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutrient enema | A rectal injection of predigested food. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double contrast enema | After evacuation of a barium enema and injection of air into the rectum, radiographs show fine details of mucosa of the rectum and colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enema | <procedure> A clyster or injection, a liquid injected or to be injected into the rectum. (18 Nov 1997) |
| turpentine enema | An enema of turpentine and olive oil in soapsuds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flatus enema | An enema of magnesium sulfate in glycerin and warm water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ajowan oil | A volatile oil distilled from the fruit of Carum copticum, one of the sources of thymol; a carminative, aromatic, and expectorant. Synonym: ptychotis oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allspice oil | pimenta oil |
| almond oil | A fixed oil expressed from sweet almonds, the kernels of varieties of Prunus amygdalus; used in ointments. Bitter almond oil, a volatile oil from the dried ripe kernels of bitter almonds and from other kernels containing amygdalin; it contains between 2 and 4% of hydrocyanic acid and 95% of benzaldehyde. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apple oil | Isoamyl isovalerate;used as a sedative; formerly used in the treatment of gallstones because of its solvent action on cholesterol. Synonym: apple oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apricot kernel oil | See: persic oil. (05 Mar 2000) |