
1) Cramp 2) Muscle spasm 3) Spasm
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• (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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(L.; Gr. teinesmos) straining, especially ineffectual and painful straining at stool or in urination.
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<symptom> Straining, especially ineffectual and painful straining at stool or in urination. ... Origin: L., Gr. Teinesmos ... (13 Jan 1998) ...
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(tә-nez´mәs) ineffectual and painful straining at defecation or urination. adj., tenes´mic., adj.
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Painful and unsuccessful desire to defaecate - Cramp from the muscles of the anal sphincter
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Straining; especially ineffectual and painful straining at defecation or urination.
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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; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum. ...
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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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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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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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[
n] - painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces
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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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