tēnesmos, i, m., = τεινεσμός,
a straining at stool , tenesmus , Plin. 28, 14, 59, § 211; 20, 6, 23, § 54; 20, 21, 84, § 227; Nep. Att. 21, 2; Scrib. Comp. 142 (in Cels. 4, 18, written as Greek).
tēnesmos ī, m , τεινεσμός, a straining, tenesmus, N ...
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