urinary tract infection

noun

An infection that affects part of the urinary tract.

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Meanings

nounurinary tract infection (plural urinary tract infections, abbreviation UTI)

plural urinary tract infections · abbreviation UTI · alternative urinary-tract infection

  1. medicineAn infection that affects part of the urinary tract.

    The priest proceeds to pour bowl after bowl of ceremonial water on our scalps. My makeup, hair and contact lenses stream down my cheeks. My eyes burn. I wonder if I could get a urinary tract infection this way.

    2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times

Translations

Arabic عَدْوَى الجِهَاز البَوْلِيّ
  • عَدْوَى الجِهَاز البَوْلِيّ (ʕadwā l-jihāz al-bawliyy)infection that affects part of the urinary tract
Chinese Mandarin 泌尿道感染
  • 泌尿道感染 (mìniàodào gǎnrǎn)infection that affects part of the urinary tract
Finnish virtsatietulehdus
  • virtsatietulehdusinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
French infection urinaire, infection des voies urinaires
  • infection urinaireinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
  • infection des voies urinairesinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
German Harnwegsinfektion
  • Harnwegsinfektioninfection that affects part of the urinary tract
Hungarian húgyúti fertőzés
  • húgyúti fertőzésinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
Italian infezione delle vie urinarie
  • infezione delle vie urinarieinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
Polish zakażenie dróg moczowych, infekcja dróg moczowych
  • zakażenie dróg moczowychinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
  • infekcja dróg moczowychinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
Russian инфе́кция мочевыводя́щих путе́й
  • инфе́кция мочевыводя́щих путе́й (infékcija močevyvodjáščix putéj)infection that affects part of the urinary tract
Spanish infección del tracto urinario
  • infección del tracto urinarioinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
Swedish urinvägsinfektion
  • urinvägsinfektioninfection that affects part of the urinary tract
Turkish idrar yolu enfeksiyonu
  • idrar yolu enfeksiyonuinfection that affects part of the urinary tract
Cite this entry
APA

urinary tract infection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urinary%20tract%20infection

MLA

“urinary tract infection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urinary%20tract%20infection. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urinary tract infection,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urinary%20tract%20infection.

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