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dysuria

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

noun

Pathology.
  1. difficult or painful urination.



dysuria

/ dɪsˈjʊərɪə /

noun

  1. difficult or painful urination

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Other Word Forms

  • dysuric adjective
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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dysuria1

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

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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.

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

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The pressure of the growth may cause dysmenorrhoea, or pressure on the bladder and rectum may cause dysuria, retention or rectal tenesmus.

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In the later repression the pleasure in the enuresis as well as in the being taken up by the mother becomes a dysuria psychica.

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

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