TENESMUS


Meaning of TENESMUS in English

tə̇ˈnezməs also -nes- noun

( -es )

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

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

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