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Webster 1913 Edition
Tenesmus
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Te-nes′mus
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tenesmus
TENES'MUS
,Noun.
A painful, ineffectual and repeated effort, or a continual and urgent desire to go to stool.