- Tenesmic
- Tenesmic Te*nes"mic, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Tenesmic
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tenesmic — Relating to or marked by tenesmus … Medical dictionary
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. * * * A painful spasm of the urogenital diaphragm… … Medical dictionary
tenesmus — n. Medicine, ineffective urge or straining to empty bowels or bladder. ♦ tenesmic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
