dysuria

American

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

noun

Pathology.

difficult or painful urination.

dysuria British

/ dɪsˈjʊərɪə /

noun

difficult or painful urination

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Other Word Forms

dysuric

adjective

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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Dysuria, dis-ū′ri-a, n. a difficulty of passing urine—also Dys′ury.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Dysuria, with passage of small amounts of albuminous and bloody urine.

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

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