tenesmus

n. [医]里急后重,下坠

发音

/tɪˈnɛz.məs/

词形变化

tenesmuses 复数 tenesmuses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.

    里急后重

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

cramp spasm

词源

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).

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