Strangury

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A condition marked by slow, painful urination, caused by muscular spasms of the urethra and bladder.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A frequent need to urinate, when the bladder is largely empty or with little urine production.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
  • n. A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Scanty micturition with painful sense of spasm.
  • n. In horticulture, a disease in plants produced by tight ligatures.
  • Word Usage
    "This kind of strangury recurs by stated periods, and sometimes arises to so great a degree, that convulsion or temporary madness terminates each period of it."
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