prostatism

[ pros-tuh-tiz-uhm ]

noun

1. symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prostatism¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; prostate + -ism

Example Sentences

It would seem evident from the foregoing story of organo-therapy for prostatic hypertrophy that sufferers from prostatism are probably as prone to suggestion as patients with Graves' disease.

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We have abundant additional evidence of the role of psychotherapy in prostatism.

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And much improvement was seen after castration in those who previously suffered from prostatism.

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The whole story of these series of incidents in the surgery of the last decade of the nineteenth century ought to be a clear demonstration of how valuable for therapeutic purposes is mental influence oven in prostatism, and how much we should try to secure its favorable effects.

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While prostatism seems to be due to such purely mechanical difficulties that mental influences can mean very little, the history of the therapeutics of the condition for the last twenty years shows us clearly that if strong mental influences are aroused they bring so much relief that many patients consider themselves cured.

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