"tenesmo" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /teˈnesmo/, [t̪eˈnez.mo] Forms: tenesmos [plural], tenasmon [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -esmo 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|es|la-med|tēnesmus}} Medieval Latin tēnesmus, {{der|es|grc|τεινεσμός||vain endeavor to evacuate}} Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós, “vain endeavor to evacuate”), {{af|grc|τείνω|-εσμός|nocat=1|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to stretch, to pull tight}} τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, to pull tight”) + -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} tenesmo m (plural tenesmos)
  1. (medicine) tenesmus Tags: masculine

Alternative forms

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