tenesmus
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Noun
- Painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome
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| 1 | witness | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | tennessee | 3 | 23 |
| 3 | census | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | tenements | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | tenets | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | whiteness | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | teems | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | tiredness | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | tenebrous | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | wetness | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | lateness | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | cuteness | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | ternes | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | enemas | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | trendless | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | terseness | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | sternness | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | steepness | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | otherness | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | acuteness | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | wenceslaus | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
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