urosis

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/jʊəˈɹəʊsɪs/

noun

Any disease of the urinary organs.

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Meanings

nounurosis (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablemedicineAny disease of the urinary organs.

    Tuberculous ulcer is frequently found in severe cases of urosis […]

    1960, The Nihon University Journal of Medicine, volume 2, page 309
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    He made a definite comparison between the family histories of urosis cases and other patients in the hospital […]

    c. 1918, United States. Surgeon-General's Office, Review of war surgery and medicine, page 103

    On the physical side there is always the risk of getting infected by some venereal disease. Certain forms of urosis are known to be more common among harlots than among women in general.

    2013, Lori Gruen, Sex, Morality, and the Law, page 92

Origin

From uro- + -osis.

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APA

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Chicago

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