Term: tenesmus: painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: commodity: articles of commerce
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: hoatzin: crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: resolution: finding a solution to a problem
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: tensile strength: the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: moonlight: the light of the Moon
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: turbulence: unstable flow of a liquid or gas
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: studio: workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: barn: an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: due: a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership)
Broader: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Unrelated: den: a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts