TENERIFFE
Ten`er*iffe", n.
Defn: A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; — called also Vidonia.
TENERITY
Te*ner"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. teneritas. See Tender, a.]
Defn: Tenderness. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
TENESMIC
Te*nes"mic, a. (Med.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.
TENESMUS
Te*nes"mus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. tenesmos.] (Med.)
Defn: 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.
TENET
Ten"et, n. Etym: [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See
Tenable.]
Defn: Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero. That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable. Sir T. Browne. The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt. Macaulay.