Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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.
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• 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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