Meanings
plural dysurias · alternative dysury
- countableuncountablemedicineThe experience or condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine, or (rarely) of having difficulty doing so.
Neurologic dysurias are among the most difficult to characterize and to treat.
2012, Richard B. Ford, Elisa Mazzaferro, Kirk & Bistner's Handbook of Veterinary Procedures and Emergency Treatment, Elsevier, page 4262 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.
1929, The American Journal of Syphilis, volume 13, page 3902009, Scott Kahan, Redonda Miller, Ellen G. Smith, Signs and Symptoms, 2nd Edition, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 98, Dysuria is a painful or burning sensation during or immediately after urination caused by irritation of the urothelium and its innervation. This is a common symptom in primary care: Nearly 20% of women aged 20–55 will have at least one episode of dysuria per year, resulting in more than 8 million physician office visits annually. Women have episodes of acute dysuria much more frequently than men.
Origin
From dys- + -uria. Piecewise doublet of dysury.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan disúria
- disúriacondition of experiencing pain while discharging urine
Italian disuria
- disuriacondition of experiencing pain while discharging urine
Māori mimi taeturi
- mimi taeturiDifficulty in urinating
Russian дизурия
- дизурия (dizurija)condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine
Spanish disuria
- disuriacondition of experiencing pain while discharging urine
Cite this entry
dysuria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysuria
“dysuria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysuria. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dysuria,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysuria.
Source: dysuria on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.