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tenesmus
[ tuh-nez-muhs, -nes- ]
noun
- a straining to urinate or defecate, without the ability to do so.
tenesmus
/ -ˈnɛs-; tɪˈnɛzməs /
noun
- 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
Derived Forms
- ³Ù±ðˈ²Ô±ð²õ³¾¾±³¦, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tenesmus1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tenesmus1
Example Sentences
The result: GI distress and tenesmus, the painful sensation of needing to go number-two even when your bowels are empty.
This flux, which is sometimes accompanied by a little blood and tenesmus, rarely continues long, and may be succeeded by a degree of constipation.
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.
If the abstinence is continued for two or three days he has borborygmi, occasionally tenesmus.
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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