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dysuria

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

noun

Pathology.
  1. difficult or painful urination.


dysuria British  
/ dɪsˈjʊərɪə /

noun

  1. difficult or painful urination

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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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Edward Ellis mentions dysuria, and a long prepuce is noticed among its numerous causes.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Peter Charles Remondino

This presently relieved the dysuria, and soon removed the dropsy, without any disturbance to his system.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering

I have lately been in great difficulty from dysuria.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds

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

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

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