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

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 need scarcely add that an examination of the external genitals should never be omitted in any case of dysuria during childhood.

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

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

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

Respiratory Organs.—Heavy expectoration in coughing; croup, with little blotches on the hands and diminished urine; chronic catarrh of the lungs; continuous dyspnœa; periodical asthma, with nightly dysuria.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

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

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