different between dysuria vs anuresis

English

Alternative forms

• dysury

Etymology

From dys- +? -uria.

Noun

dysuria (countable and uncountable, plural dysurias)

1. (pathology) The experience or condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine, or (rarely) of having difficulty doing so.
   • 1929, The American Journal of Syphilis, Volume 13, page 390,

     A cystometrogram differentiates "active" and "passive" types of normal bladders, accounting for some instances of enuresis and mild forms of dysurias and, as prolonged bladder distention can be maintained at any point for any period, it is possible occasionally to use the cystometric procedure as a therapeutic agent to relieve dysurias due to a spastic bladder musculature.

   • 2009, Scott Kahan, Redonda Miller, Ellen G. Smith, Signs and Symptoms, 2nd Edition, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 98,

     Dysuria is a painful or burning sensation during or immediately after urination caused by irritation of the urothelium and its innervation. This is a common symptom in primary care: Nearly 20% of women aged 20–55 will have at least one episode of dysuria per year, resulting in more than 8 million physician office visits annually. Women have episodes of acute dysuria much more frequently than men.

   • 2012, Richard B. Ford, Elisa Mazzaferro, Kirk & Bistner's Handbook of Veterinary Procedures and Emergency Treatment, Elsevier, page 426,

     Neurologic dysurias are among the most difficult to characterize and to treat.

Translations

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