dysury Path.
(ˈdɪsjʊərɪ)
Forms: 6 dyssurye, 6–7 dissurie, -ry, 6–8 disury, 7 dysurie, 7– dysury. Also in Lat. form dysuria (dɪˈsjʊərɪə).
[a. OF. dissurie (14th c.), mod.F. dysurie, ad. L. dysūria (Coelius), a. Gr. δυσουρία retention of urine, f. *δύσουρος adj., f. δυσ- (dys-) + οὖρον urine.]
Difficulty in passing urine; a disorder characterized by difficult or painful urination.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lv. (1495) 268 Somtyme the wayes ben alle stoppyd and pyssynge is all forbode, and that euyl hyghte Dissuria. 1527 Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters K ij, Good agaynst strangury and dyssurye. 1547 Boorde Brev. Health cvii. 40 b, It is named the Disury. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 60 Old Men, who labour of a most cruel Dysury from a great Stone. 1748 tr. Renatus' Distemp. Horses 266 If he stales with Difficulty, it is called a Dysury. 1800 Med. Jrnl. III. 26 She had dysuria during the night. 1837 Bickersteth Life of Franke vii. 208 The complaint so frequently attendant upon old age, the dysury. |