urinary-tract infection

A form of urinary tract infection — An infection that affects part of the urinary tract.

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nounurinary-tract infection (plural urinary-tract infections)

plural urinary-tract infections

  1. alternativeAlternative form of urinary tract infection.

    Urinary-tract infections and retention can be serious problems during space missions.

    2022 September 19, “Sending Research to Space”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 193, page A10
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    Or take the six-months-old baby with a persistent urinary-tract infection, against which sulfapyridine failed to work.

    1943 May 16, J. D. Ratcliff, “Here’s Medical Magic!”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 68, number 362, page twelve

    Along with the rashes and urinary-tract infections that kids in used diapers suffer, there are other consequences, she said.

    2020 November 1, Alfred Lubrano, “Demand for Diapers on Rise”, in The Baltimore Sun, 183rd year, number 306, section “Life & Travel”, page 3
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