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حُقْنَةٌ حاق حقن حقنه حقننه حقنة The administration of a medicine to a sick person by his anus; (TA;) [i. e. the administration of a clyster;] the conveyance of a medicine to the inside of a sick person by his anus with the مِحْقَنَة. (Msb.) ― -b2- And hence, (Msb,) [A clyster;] a medicine so administered to a sick person: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) pl. حُقَنٌ. (Msb.) ― -b3- And, by extension of the meaning, The tube of a مِحْقَنَة. (Mgh.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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