tenesmus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of tenesmus
1520–30; < Medieval Latin, variant of Latin tēnesmos < Greek teinesmós, equivalent to teín ( ein ) to stretch + -esmos noun suffix
Example Sentences
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Of tenesmus I happened to hear of but a single instance, though the Laplanders eat so much cheese and drink water.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Linn?, Carl von
If the abstinence is continued for two or three days he has borborygmi, occasionally tenesmus.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil
Stool.—Diarrhœa with dark mulberry-colored stools without pain or tenesmus, but with mucus.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
It should not be given when rectal tenesmus exists.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
The general complaints of disease among us, were a dizziness in the head, great weakness of the joints, and violent tenesmus, most of us having had no evacuation by stool since we left the ship.
From A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat by Bligh, William
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