tenesmus

English

Etymology

From Latin tēnesmus, from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós), from τείνω (teínō).

Noun

tenesmus (countable and uncountable, plural tenesmuses)

1. (pathology) A painful and often ineffectual straining to relieve the bowels.
2. (pathology) A painfully urgent need to urinate or defecate that results in little being passed.

Translations

straining to relieve the bowels

• Portuguese: tenesmo m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

urgent need to urinate or defecate that results in little being passed

• Portuguese: tenesmo m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

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