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

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dysuria

A case of dysuria in which the patient discharged urine from the stomach was reported early in this century from Germany.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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

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

Patients suffering from vesical calculus are always constipated, and the dysuria may increase to the degree called furia, a condition not without some danger.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson

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

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