Look up: tenesmus

1. Tenesmus
   Straining; especially ineffectual and painful straining at defecation or urination.
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2. tenesmus
   [n] - painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces
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3. Tenesmus
   Painful and unsuccessful desire to defaecate - Cramp from the muscles of the anal sphincter
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4. Tenesmus
   The painful expelling cramps of the tubular smooth muscles and ducts. Normal peristalsis of various types produce no pain or sensation (except for the dreaded borborygmies); only the energetic expulsion contraction can induce referred pain. Examples: Nausea, gas pain, uterine cramps, gall bladder pain.
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5. Tenesmus
   Tenesmus: Straining, especially long-continued, ineffectual and painful straining, at stool or in urination. Straining at stool is called rectal tenesmus; straining at urination is called vesical tenesmus.
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6. Tenesmus
   Te·nes'mus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to stretch: confer Latin tenesmos .] (Medicine) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- alway...
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7. tenesmus
   <symptom> Straining, especially ineffectual and painful straining at stool or in urination. ... Origin: L., Gr. Teinesmos ... (13 Jan 1998) ...
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8. 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
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9. tenesmus
   (tә-nez´mәs) ineffectual and painful straining at defecation or urination. adj., tenes´mic., adj.
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10. 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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11. tenesmus
    (L.; Gr. teinesmos) straining, especially ineffectual and painful straining at stool or in urination.
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12. tenesmus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: te-nez′mŭs Definitions: 1. A painful spasm of the urogenital diaphragm with an urgent desire to evacuate the bowel or bladder, involuntary straining, and the passage of little fecal matter or urine.
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