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Anonymous
(IBS) She gets a sensation of s/l tenumis (nm)
Sat Sep 4, 2004 16:32

Txczech
tenesmus. See message for def.
Sat Sep 4, 2004 16:36

tenesmus
te-nezcm\s

A painful spasm of the urogenital diaphragm with an urgent desire to evacuate the bowel or bladder, involuntary straining, and the passage of little fecal matter or urine.

Origin
[G. teinesmos, ineffectual effort to defecate, fr. teinb, to stretch]

Anonymous
thank you very much (nm)
Sat Sep 4, 2004 18:04