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- noun An
enema for purposes ofrehydration ; delivery offluids via therectum .
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Examples
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Water must be supplied by means of proctoclysis and hypodermoclysis before any endoscopic or surgical procedure is attempted.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Water starvation should be relieved by means of proctoclysis and hypodermoclysis before endoscopy is done.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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