dysuria

[ dis-yoo-ree-uh, dis-yoor-ee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. difficult or painful urination.

dysuria

/ dɪsˈjʊərɪə /

noun

1. difficult or painful urination

Derived Forms

• dysˈuric, adjective

Other Words From

• dys·uric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dysuria¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from New Latin, from Greek dysouríā; dys-, ur- ¹, -ia; replacing earlier dysury, Middle English dissure, dissuria, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin, from Greek

Word History and Origins

Origin of dysuria¹

C14: via Latin from Greek dusouria, from dys- + -uria

Example Sentences

This presently relieved the dysuria, and soon removed the dropsy, without any disturbance to his system.

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Was Napoleon, during his campaign in Russia, a prey to the most horrible pangs of dysuria, or was he not?

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The extract is useful in catarrhal diseases of the bronchi and in dysuria.

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During the last six years he has had dysuria and inability to empty the bladder completely.

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He had premonitions of a painful disease (dysuria), which soon developed fully.

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