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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 te·nes·mus /təˈnɛzməs/
 裡急後重; 裡急後重; 下墜

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 te·nes·mus /təˈnɛzməs/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Te·nes·mus n.  Med. An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum.
 Vesical tenesmus, a similar sensation as to the evacuation of urine, referred to the region of the bladder.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tenesmus
      n : painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent
          desire to defecate without the significant production of
          feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome