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According to these mechanisms, when impotence depended on the state of the muscular fibers, treatment included a tepid bath and a clyster.—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2012
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Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French clistere, from Latin clyster, from Greek klystēr, from klyzein to wash out; akin to Welsh clir pure, Old English hlūtor clean
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