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.
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Tenesmus
/tɪˈnɛz.məs/
Synonyms for "tenesmus" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
defecation urgefecal urgency
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
rectal formrectal urgency
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
rectal varianturinary urgencyvoiding urge
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6 entriesacute rectal tenesmusbladder tenesmuschronic rectal tenesmuspseudo tenesmusrectal tenesmusurinary tenesmus
Collocations
6 entriesacute tenesmuschronic tenesmusgastrointestinal tenesmusrectal tenesmustenesmic painurinary tenesmus
Inflections
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1 entriesSample sentences
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