different between anuretic vs anuresis

English

Etymology

From anuresis +? -etic.

Adjective

anuretic (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of, pertaining to or characterised by anuresis.
2. (medicine) Who has anuresis; unable to urinate.

See also

• anuric

Anagrams

• Teucrian, anti-cure, anticure, ?-Centauri

English

Etymology

an- +? uresis

Noun

anuresis (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder.
   • 2010, Perminder S. Sachdev, Matcheri S. Keshavan (editors), Secondary Schizophrenia, Cambridge University Press, page 235,

     Kaido [35] describes a 53-year-old Japanese lady whose index presentation was with vomiting, anuresis, and clouded conscious state on a background of 6 months of apathy.

   • 2012 March, Paul Nikolaidis, Nancy A. Hammond (guest editors), Frank H. Miller (consulting editor), Genitourinary Imaging, Radiologic Clinics of North America, Volume 50, Number 2, unnumbered page,

     Although rare, symptoms may include lumbar or hip pain, dysuria, oliguria, anuresis, and, more rarely, hematuria and pollakiuria.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with enuresis (“bed-wetting”) and anuria (“failure to produce urine”).

Related terms

• anuretic

Translations

See also

• anuria
• enuresis
• dysuria
• haematuria / hematuria
• oliguria
• pollakiuria
• polyuria

Anagrams

• Sauniers, senarius