Associations to the word «Tenesmus»

Wiktionary

TENESMUS, noun. The painful and often ineffectual straining to relieve the bowels
TENESMUS, noun. A painfully urgent need to urinate or defecate that results in little being passed

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

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