te|nes|mus

te|nes|mus
te|nes|mus «tih NEHZ muhs, -NEHS-», noun.
Medicine. the continual inclination to void the contents of the bladder or bowels, with little or no discharge.
[< Medieval Latin tenesmus, alteration of Latin tēnesmos < Greek teinesmós (literally) straining < teínein to strain, stretch]

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