dysuria

American  

[dis-yoo-ree-uh, dis-yoor-ee-uh] / ˌdɪs jʊˈri ə, dɪsˈjʊər i ə /

noun

Pathology.

1. difficult or painful urination.

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dysuria British  

/ dɪsˈjʊərɪə /

noun

1. difficult or painful urination

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Other Word Forms

• dysuric
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of dysuria

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dysuria

I would have carried the thing out further if my dysuria had not hindered me.

From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by J. Sadger

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

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

Respiratory Organs.—Heavy expectoration in coughing; croup, with little blotches on the hands and diminished urine; chronic catarrh of the lungs; continuous dyspnœa; periodical asthma, with nightly dysuria.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

All the symptoms of the disease, the vesical pains, the dysuria, the excretion of sand, the ammoniacal odor, etc., rapidly disappear under the influence of the medicine.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

Feeble, quick, and irregular pulse, dysuria with scanty, albuminous or bloody urine or total suppression.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

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