Meanings
- uncountablemedicineThe inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder.
Kaido [35] describes a 53-year-old Japanese lady whose index presentation was with vomiting, anuresis, and clouded conscious state on a background of 6 months of apathy.
2010, Perminder S. Sachdev, Matcheri S. Keshavan, editors, Secondary Schizophrenia, Cambridge University Press, page 2352 more examples
Suffice it to say that the urge to look over/down at their penises is powerful and the motives behind this urge so complex as to cause anuresis (which in turn ups the trauma).
2012, David Foster Wallace, Consider The Lobster: Essays and Arguments, page vii2012 March, Paul Nikolaidis, Nancy A. Hammond (guest editors), Frank H. Miller (consulting editor), Genitourinary Imaging, Radiologic Clinics of North America, Volume 50, Number 2, unnumbered page, Although rare, symptoms may include lumbar or hip pain, dysuria, oliguria, anuresis, and, more rarely, hematuria and pollakiuria.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
- Englishan-
- Englishanuresis
Translations
Indonesian anuresis
- anuresisthe inability to urinate
Portuguese anurese
- anuresethe inability to urinate
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
anuresis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anuresis
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