tenesmus

Senso (Inglese)

A continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.

Concetti

sinonimi

the runs

tenesmus ani

rectal tenesmus

Traduzioni

ténesme

pijnlijke aandrang

tenesmus

Tenesmus

tenesme

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/tɪˈnɛz.məs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowing from Medieval Latin tēnesmus, from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós, “vain endeavor to evacuate”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, to pull tight”) + -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).

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