pneumaturia, n. Path.
(njuːməˈtjuːrɪə)
[ad. F. pneumaturie (F. P. Guiard 1883, in La France Médicale I. 195), altered form of pneumo-urie (Raciborski 1860, in Gaz. des Hôpitaux XXXIII. 263): cf. pneumato-, pneumo-, -uria.]
The passage of gas through the urethra during urination.
| 1883 Lancet 3 Mar. 375/2 Dr. Guiard proposes the term ‘diabetic pneumaturia’, to denominate a condition which he has observed in four cases of urinary infection in the male, complicated with glycosuria. 1898 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. XXXI. 375/1 The cases of pneumaturia may be roughly divided into three groups. 1952 Radiology LIX. 63/1 Primary pneumaturia is rare and is due to fermentation of urine in the bladder through the agency of some fermenting organism. 1989 Dis. Colon & Rectum XXXII. 67/2 Four weeks postoperatively right testicular pain, urinary frequency, and pneumaturia developed. |