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