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TENESMUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tenesmus" is a kind of...):
cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)
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