tenesmus
a straining to urinate or defecate, without the ability to do so.
Origin of tenesmus
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How to use tenesmus in a sentence
This is called tenesmus, and the straining from it has frequently produced abortion.
Of tenesmus I happened to hear of but a single instance, though the Laplanders eat so much cheese and drink water.
Lachesis Lapponica | Carl von LinnTo be used in alvine fluxes, to allay the irritation which occasions constant tenesmus.
Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million | Sarah Josepha HaleA discharge of blood and mucus from the intestines attended with tenesmus.
A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) | Calvin CutterIn half an hour there was abdominal pain, diarrhœa, and tenesmus, and frequent painful micturition.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth
British Dictionary definitions for tenesmus
/ (tɪˈnɛzməs, -ˈnɛs-) /
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
Origin of tenesmus
1Derived forms of tenesmus
- tenesmic, adjective
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