tenesmus
/tɪˈnɛzməs
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
A continual or recurrent inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.We did not observe unwanted side effects, such as tenesmus....
- Patients may have nausea, vomiting, dizziness, tenesmus and low-grade fever.
- Symptoms typically include rectal discomfort, tenesmus, and constipation.
Origin
Early 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek teinesmos 'straining', from teinein 'stretch, strain'.
- oneself
- one's finer feelings
- one's finest hour
- one's gorge rises
- one's head is a marley
- one's head swells
- one's heart goes out to
- one's heart's desire
- one's heart sinks
- one-shot
- one-shotter
- one's humble abode
- one-sided
- one-sidedly
- one-sidedness
- onesie
- one-size-fits-all
- one's jaw drops
- one's life's work
- one's line of country
- one's luck is in
- one's mark
- one's money's worth
- one's name is mud
- one's nearest and dearest