tenesmus

Definitions


[tɪˈnɛzməs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a continual or recurrent inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness


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Origin:
early 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek teinesmos ‘straining’, from teinein ‘stretch, strain’




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