TENESMUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tenesmus" is a kind of...):

cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)

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