dysuria

American  

[dis-yoo-ree-uh, dis-yoor-ee-uh] / ˌdɪs yʊˈri ə, dɪsˈyʊər 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

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

Example Sentences

Symptoms.—Burning pain and constriction in throat and gullet, pain and tenderness of stomach and bowels, intense thirst, nausea, vomiting, purging and tenesmus, with bloody stools, dysuria, cold skin, and feeble and irregular pulse.

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

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

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 Sadger, J.

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

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

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

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers