tenesmo

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin tēnesmus, from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós), from τείνω (teínō). === Noun === tenesmo m (plural tenesmi) (pathology) tenesmus === Anagrams === mestone, semento, sementò == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: te‧nes‧mo === Noun === tenesmo m (plural tenesmos) (pathology) tenesmus (painfully urgent need to urinate or defecate that results in little being passed) === Further reading === “tenesmo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tenesmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === tenasmon (obsolete) === Etymology === 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). First attested in the form tenasmon in 1450, while the form tenesmo appeared in the late 16th c., becoming the predominant spelling. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teˈnesmo/ [t̪eˈnez.mo] Rhymes: -esmo Syllabification: te‧nes‧mo === Noun === tenesmo m (plural tenesmos) (medicine) tenesmus === Further reading === “tenesmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “tenesmo”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN