clistere (c.1240)
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clistere (c.1240)

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  FEW:  clysterium 2/i,801b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  clistere 9,111c TL: clistere 2,486 DEAF:  clistere  DMF:  clystère  TLF:  clystère  OED:  clyster n.  MED:  clister n.  DMLBS:  clystere 363c
clistre  

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1med.enema, clyster, medicinal liquid inserted in the rectum to cleanse the bowel: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Por encostiveure: Et si aiés prest vostre esclice […]. Vostre chaudel humerés, Puis vostre clistere metterés  166.550
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  ke en checune apoplexie seit fet clistere mordificatif e laxatif  ii 148
2 med.implement clyster-pipe, instrument used to administer an enema: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  si vus volez [que] charrunt come fis, par auchun estrument semblable a clistere i metez dedenz le jus de la brionie  i 82.xliii
eclisteire 
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