dysuria

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

noun

, Pathology.

1. difficult or painful urination.

dysuria

/ dɪsˈjʊərɪə /

noun

1. difficult or painful urination

Derived Forms

• dysˈuric, adjective

Other Words From

• dys·uric adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dysuria¹

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

Example Sentences

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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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.

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Dysuria, difficult and scanty urination; urine dark, red-brown, with thick sediment; stone and gravel, albumen, blood or slime in the urine; urine dark, with sediments of phosphates; slightly sour, neutral or alkaline; urine with numerous epithelial cells or small mucous particles.

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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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