Tenesmus /(?)/
Te·nes·mus
Tenesmus
n.
- An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum. (Med.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Vesical tenesmus
- a similar sensation as to the evacuation of urine, referred to the region of the bladder.