Dysuria
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The experience or condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine, or (rarely) of having difficulty doing so. countable, uncountable
"A cystometrogram differentiates "active" and "passive" types of normal bladders, accounting for some instances of enuresis and mild forms of dysurias and, as prolonged bladder distention can be maintained at any point for any period, it is possible occasionally to use the cystometric procedure as a therapeutic agent to relieve dysurias due to a spastic bladder musculature."
- 2 painful or difficult urination wordnet
Example
More examples"A cystometrogram differentiates "active" and "passive" types of normal bladders, accounting for some instances of enuresis and mild forms of dysurias and, as prolonged bladder distention can be maintained at any point for any period, it is possible occasionally to use the cystometric procedure as a therapeutic agent to relieve dysurias due to a spastic bladder musculature."
Etymology
From dys- + -uria. Piecewise doublet of dysury.
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