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tenesmus |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tenesmus \Te*nes"mus\, n. [NL., fr Gr ?, fr ? to stretch: cf L. tenesmos.] (Med.) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum. {Vesical tenesmus}, a similar sensation as to the evacuation of urine, referred to the region of the bladder.
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