noun

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

  ‘We did not observe unwanted side effects, such as tenesmus.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Patients may have nausea, vomiting, dizziness, tenesmus and low-grade fever.’
  • ‘Symptoms typically include rectal discomfort, tenesmus, and constipation.’
  • ‘Acute bacillary dysentery is characterized accompanied by fever, abdominal cramps and tenesmus.’
  • ‘Some other symptoms include fever, fatigue, dehydration, stomach cramps, and tenesmus.’