Paruresis
//ˌpɑːjʊˈriːsɪs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The inability to urinate in the presence of others. uncountable
"Completely normal men who develop prostatitis will suddenly come down with urinary paruresis as one of their symptoms."
Example
More examples"Completely normal men who develop prostatitis will suddenly come down with urinary paruresis as one of their symptoms."
Etymology
From para- (“abnormal, defective”) + -uresis (“urination”). The term was coined by Williams and Degenhart in their 1954 paper "Paruresis: A survey of a disorder of micturition" in the Journal of General Psychology 51:19-29.
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