strangury
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of strangury
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin strangūria < Greek strangouríā, equivalent to strang ( ós ) flowing drop by drop + oûr ( on ) urine + -ia -y 3
Example Sentences
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In single doses in excess it causes renal irritation and inflammation and strangury.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
Thus a stone at the neck of the bladder, if its stimulus is not very great, only induces the pain of strangury at the glans penis.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Erfahrungsheild., the periodical published by the followers of Rademacher, Dr. Kinil relates the case of a woman who, three weeks after accouchement, was affected with strangury.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
No pain is felt during vehement voluntary exertion; as in cold fits of ague, labour-pains, strangury, tenesmus, vomiting, restlessness in fevers, convulsion of a wounded muscle.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Diavolo!" as your Dr. Rabelais has it,—answers the iconoclast,—"what is that to me and my colic, to me and my strangury?
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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