enema
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- n an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
- Among them: cyclist's pudendal neuritis (genital numbness from marathon bike rides on poorly padded seats), water-skier's enema (the result of high-speed falls in a sitting .
- In a double-contrast barium enema, a technician coats the inside of the intestine with the metallic dye and pumps the colon full of air.
- It permits a few inside jokes (a cartoon of a bat in a suit, drawn by Kane), but mines its main humor from the Joker's ribald misanthropy ("This town needs an enema").