Nisus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A striving; an effort; a conatus.

II. Nisus ·add. ·noun The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, ·etc.

III. Nisus ·add. ·noun The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate feces or urine.

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