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tenesmus

[ tuh-nez-muhs, -nes- ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. a straining to urinate or defecate, without the ability to do so.


tenesmus

/ -ˈnɛs-; tɪˈnɛzməs /

noun

  1. pathol an ineffective painful straining to empty the bowels in response to the sensation of a desire to defecate, without producing a significant quantity of faeces
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Derived Forms

  • ³Ù±ðˈ²Ô±ð²õ³¾¾±³¦, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tenesmus1

1520–30; < Medieval Latin, variant of Latin ³Ùŧ²Ô±ð²õ³¾´Ç²õ < Greek ³Ù±ð¾±²Ô±ð²õ³¾Ã³²õ, equivalent to ³Ù±ðí²Ô ( ein ) to stretch + -esmos noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tenesmus1

C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin ³Ùŧ²Ô±ð²õ³¾´Ç²õ, from Greek teinesmos, from teinein to strain
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Example Sentences

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The result: GI distress and tenesmus, the painful sensation of needing to go number-two even when your bowels are empty.

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This flux, which is sometimes accompanied by a little blood and tenesmus, rarely continues long, and may be succeeded by a degree of constipation.

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A second class is composed of cases in which the stools are decidedly dysenteric, small, frequent, bloody, with tenesmus and great pain; high fever, restlessness and sleeplessness.

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If the abstinence is continued for two or three days he has borborygmi, occasionally tenesmus.

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The pressure of the growth may cause dysmenorrhoea, or pressure on the bladder and rectum may cause dysuria, retention or rectal tenesmus.

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