Tenesmus Definition
tə-nĕzməs
noun
A feeling of urgent need to defecate or urinate, with a straining but unsuccessful effort to do so.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Tenesmus
Noun
Singular:
tenesmus
Plural:
tenesmusesOrigin of Tenesmus
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Medieval Latin tēnesmus variant of Latin tēnesmos from Greek teinesmos from teinein to strain, stretch ten- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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