† ˈclystery Obs.
[ad. late L. clystēri-um, a. Gr. κλυστήριον, dim. of κλυστήρ.]
A clyster.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 393 Also he usede ofte clistories and spuynge. 1398 ― Barth. De P.R. vii. lxvii. (1495) 285 By spewenge other byneth wyth a Clisterye. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 199/1 Glystery, or glystere, glisterium, glistere. 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 36/1 Loosen his body with Clisteryes, or with Suppositoryes. |