TENESMUS


Meaning of TENESMUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tə-ˈnez-məs ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek teinesmos, from teinein to stretch, strain — more at thin

Date: 1527

: a distressing but ineffectual urge to evacuate the rectum or bladder

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