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tenesmus Definition

te·nes·mus (ti nez′məs, -nes′-)

noun

Med. a feeling of urgent need to defecate or urinate, with a straining but unsuccessful effort to do so

Etymology: ML < L tenesmos < Gr teinesmos < teinein, to stretch: see thin

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