Tenesmus

Definition: Tenesmus

Tenesmus

Noun

1. Painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome.

Etymology: Tenesmus \Te*nes"mus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to stretch: compare to Latin tenesmos.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Health	Straining, especially ineffectual and painful straining at stool or in urination. (references)
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Crosswords: Tenesmus

English words defined with "tenesmus": Tenesmic ♦ Vesical tenesmus. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Tenesmus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (tenesmus), Dutch (tenesmus), German (tenesmus).

"Tenesmus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tenesmus" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	5	157,705

Expression using "tenesmus": vesical tenesmus. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "tenesmus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		tenesmus. (various references)

Dutch		tenesmus. (various references)

Finnish		tenesmi, tarvepakotus, tarvepakko. (various references)

French		ténesme. (various references)

German		Tenesmus. (various references)

Greek		τεινεσμός. (various references)

Italian		tenesmo. (various references)

Pig Latin		enesmustay

Portuguese		tenesmo. (various references)

Spanish		tenesmo. (various references)

Turkish		sürekli tuvaleti gelme, idrar zorluğu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "tenesmus": tenesmuses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "tenesmus" (pronounced 'Te*nes"mus'): Accismus, Bulimus, Chiasmus, Cormus, humus, IGNORAMUS, isthmus, Lacmus, Larypgismus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Momus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Ramus, Rhythmus, strabismus, Thymus, Tilmus, trismus, Ulmus, vaginismus. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: muteness.
	Words within the letters "e-e-m-n-s-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: mustees.
	-2 letters: ensues, menses, mesnes, mustee, neumes, semens, sensum, sunset, tenses, tenues, tmeses, unmeet, unsets.
	-3 letters: emeus, ensue, meets, mense, menus, mesne, metes, muses, musts, mutes, neems, nests, neume, neums, seems, semen, semes, sense, sente, smuts, stems, stums, stuns, suets, teems, teens, tense, tunes, unmet, unset.
	-4 letters: emes, emeu, emus, eses, meet, menu, mess, mete, muns, muse, muss, must, mute, muts, neem, ness, nest, nets, neum, nuts, seem, seen, sees, seme, sene, sent, sets, smut, stem, stum, stun, sues, suet, sums, suns, teem, teen, tees, tens, tune, tuns, uses.
	-5 letters: eme, ems, emu, ens, ess, men, met, mun, mus, mut, nee, net, nus, nut, see, sen, set, sue, sum, sun, tee, ten, tun, uns, use, uts.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-m-n-s-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: muensters.
	+2 letters: amusements, ecumenists, minuteness, multisense, mutenesses, rousements, subsegment, tenesmuses, terminuses.
	+3 letters: assuagement, bemusements, mansuetudes, menstruates, mustinesses, mutageneses, mutagenesis, securements, seducements, subbasement, subsegments, supplements, tumescences, unseemliest.
	+4 letters: assuagements, disbursement, disguisement, ecumenicists, einsteiniums, entrustments, eudaemonists, measurements, minutenesses, seminudities, smuttinesses, subbasements, ultimateness, untimeliness.
	+5 letters: detumescences, disbursements, disguisements, immutableness, impetuousness, intumescences, magnetopauses, masterfulness, meetinghouses, misadventures, momentousness, neurochemists, prematureness, readjustments, superminister, supplementals, supplementers, tremulousness, tumorigeneses, tumorigenesis, unsettlements, volunteerisms.
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