Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ischuria .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A retention or suppression of urine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A
retention orsuppression ofurine .
Etymologies
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Latin ischuria, Ancient Greek to hold, check + urine: compare French ischurie.
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Examples
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It is possessed of well marked diuretic properties, and is employed in ischury and dysury, and in the gravelly complaints of old persons.
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He is said to have suffered from intermittent affections of the lower bowel, of the bladder, and of the skin, the two last resulting in ischury (Dorsey
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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