TENESMUS


Meaning of TENESMUS in English

/teuh nez"meuhs, -nes"-/ , n. Pathol.

a straining to urinate or defecate, without the ability to do so.

[ 1520-30; tenesmos teinesmós, equiv. to teín ( ein ) to stretch + -esmos n. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .