tenesmus - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tenesmus' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tenesmus

[ n.]

- 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.

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