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strangury

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Noun
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stran=gu=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

stranguryn. [L. stranguria, Gr. ; , , a drop + to make water, urine: cf. F. strangurie. See Strangle, and Urine.].
  •  A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

strangury, n. a condition in which urine is passed painfully and in drops.

Derivative
strangurious adj.
Etymology
ME f. L stranguria f. Gk straggouria f. stragx -ggos drop squeezed out + ouron urine

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