tenesmus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Medieval Latin tēnesmus, from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós, “vain endeavor to evacuate”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, to pull tight”) + -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenesmus (countable and uncountable, plural tenesmuses)
- (medicine) A continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.
- 1790, William Bligh, A Narrative of the Mutiny:
- The general complaints of disease among us, were a dizziness in the head, great weakness of the joints, and violent tenesmus, most of us having had no evacuation by stool since we left the ship.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
inclination to evacuate the bowels
References[edit]
- “tenesmus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “tenesmus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós, “vain endeavor to evacuate”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, to pull tight”) + -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /teːˈnes.mus/, [t̪eːˈnɛs̠mʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈnes.mus/, [t̪eˈnɛzmus]
Noun[edit]
tēnesmus m (genitive tēnesmī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
Inflection[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tēnesmus | tēnesmī |
Genitive | tēnesmī | tēnesmōrum |
Dative | tēnesmō | tēnesmīs |
Accusative | tēnesmum | tēnesmōs |
Ablative | tēnesmō | tēnesmīs |
Vocative | tēnesme | tēnesmī |
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