TENESMUS

tenesmus

(noun) painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

tenesmus (countable and uncountable, plural tenesmuses)

(medicine, pathology) A continual or recurrent inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.

Anagrams

• muteness

Source: Wiktionary

Te*nes"mus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. tenesmos.] (Med.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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