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tenesmus
te·nes·mus T0105000 (tə-nĕz′məs)n. A painfully urgent but ineffectual attempt to urinate or defecate. [Medieval Latin tēnesmus, variant of Latin tēnesmos, from Greek teinesmos, from teinein, to strain, stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]tenesmus (tɪˈnɛzməs; -ˈnɛs-) n (Pathology) 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[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Latin tēnesmos, from Greek teinesmos, from teinein to strain] teˈnesmic adjte•nes•mus (təˈnɛz məs, -ˈnɛs-) n. a straining to urinate or defecate, without the ability to do so. [1520–30; < Medieval Latin, variant of Latin tēnesmos < Greek teinesmós=teín(ein) to stretch + -esmos n. suffix] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | tenesmus - painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndromecramp, muscle spasm, spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Translationstenesmus
tenesmus [tĕ-nez´mus] ineffectual and painful straining at stool or urination. adj., adj tenes´mic.te·nes·mus (te-nez'mŭs), A painful spasm of the urogenital diaphragm with an urgent desire to evacuate the bowel or bladder, involuntary straining, and the passage of little fecal matter or urine. [G. teinesmos, ineffectual effort to defecate, fr. teinō, to stretch] tenesmus (tə-nĕz′məs)n. A painfully urgent but ineffectual attempt to urinate or defecate.tenesmus Painful spasm and productionless straining at stoolte·nes·mus (tĕ-nez'mŭs) A painful spasm of the anal sphincter with an urgent desire to evacuate the bowel or bladder, involuntary straining, and the passage of little fecal matter or urine. [G. teinesmos, ineffectual effort to defecate, fr. teinō, to stretch]tenesmus A frequently recurring or continuous sense of wishing to empty the bowels. Tenesmus leads to ineffective straining and is a feature of the IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, HAEMORRHOIDS, ULCERATIVE COLITIS, DYSENTERY, POLYPS in the RECTUM, PROLAPSE of the rectum and sometimes cancer of the rectum.TenesmusStraining to urinate or defecate without being able to do so. Tenesmus is a characteristic feature of bacillary dysentery.Mentioned in: Dysenterytenesmus Related to tenesmus: toxic megacolonWords related to tenesmusnoun painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of fecesRelated Words |