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enema

Infusion of liquid into the rectum to evacuate faecal obstruction or to introduce drugs for treatment, or radio-opaque material (barium sulphate) in order to define the colon on X-ray.


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The patient spontaneously opened his bowels within a half hour after the massage without the need for enemas.
Less invasive tests, such as fecal-blood tests and barium enemas, provide less information about a patient's cancer risk than colonoscopies and sigmoidoscopies do, and they must be repeated more frequently.
Outrageous, explicit set pieces involve a penis extension device gone awry, leaving one character with a taffy-esque result; a gassy enema overdose; and, in the film's most explicit American Pie rift, Andy having his way with a freshly baked quiche only to have his parents walk in and notice that he also has a live gerbil shoved up his nether regions.
 
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