Tenesmus
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Tenesmuses
- possessive
- Tenesmus's
- pluralpossessive
- Tenesmuses'