Tenesmus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɪˈnɛz.məs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tenesmus is a noun meaning (medicine) A continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.
Meaning
(medicine) A continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.
Example Sentences
The general complaints of disease among us, were a dizziness in the head, great weakness of the joints, and violent tenesmus, most of us having had no evacuation by stool since we left the ship.
Word Forms
- tenesmuses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vesical, anismus, retention, ileus, irregularity, tyremesis.
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