Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Tenesmen

English translation:

tenesmus / straining

Added to glossary by Ron Peek
Mar 2, 2004 14:53
21 yrs ago
German term

Tenesmen

German to English Medical Medical (general)
Does this term mean 'constipation'?

Context:

'Wir berichten von einer Patientin, die sich mit seit mehreren Jahren bestehenden rezidivierenden blutig schleimigen Diarrhoen und Tenesmen in unserer Ambulanz vorstellte.'

Thank you for all your help!

Kind regards,

Ron Peek

www.peek-language-services.com

Proposed translations

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tenesmus

Stuhldrang (Tenesmen)

Tenes|mus
engl.: tenesmus




http://www.gesundheit.de/roche/ro05000/r6409.html

rectal tenesmus = tenesmus alvi or tenesmi rectales
vesical tenesmus = tenesmus vesicae or tenesmi vesicales

http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DA/glos34.html

tenesmus , the runs (pop)

http://www.salus.it/voca4/EN/lijstt.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Jacqueline van der Spek
3 mins
agree Dr.G.MD (X)
6 mins
agree Eckhard Boehle : Pschyrembel: beständiger schmerzhafter Stuhl- und Harndrang
15 mins
agree Edith Kelly
23 mins
agree Johanna Timm, PhD
6 hrs
agree Fantutti (X)
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to you both, this was very helpful. I decided to go for 'tenesmus'. Kind regards, Ron Peek www.peek-language-services.com"
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58 mins

straining, especially ineffectual and painful straining at stool or in urination.

is what Dorlands says
Peer comment(s):

agree Johanna Timm, PhD : auch richtig
6 hrs
agree Fantutti (X) : Ouch, no fun at all!
8 hrs
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