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Definition of: tenesmus
(ti·nes′məs, -nez′-) noun Pathol.
A painful straining and ineffectual effort to evacuate the bladder or the bowels. [<NL <L tenesmos a straining <Gk. teneismos <teinein stretch]
—te·nes′mic adjective
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