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  • noun medicine A frequent need to arise during the night in order to urinate.

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  • noun excessive urination at night; especially common in older men

Etymologies

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From Latin nox ("night"), and -uria.

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Examples

  • You might also have 'nocturia' or the frequent urges to go throughout the night.

    BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2010

  • People with untreated sleep apnea may also complain of falling asleep inappropriately, morning headaches, memory problems, feelings of depression, reflux, nocturia a need to use the bathroom frequently at night, and impotence.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • It is associated with overactive bladder, which also includes urinary frequency (needing to urinate more than seven to 10 times per day), and nocturia (waking up at least twice a night to pee).

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • BPH causes difficulties with urination associated with aging, such as nocturia, urge to void frequently, hesitancy, weak stream, and other problems.

    unknown title 2011

  • And of course, happily given the other things we did in the last few years in terms of co-operations, we have the partnership with Spectrum Pharmaceuticals for apaziquone, we have the partnership with Serenity for the nocturia product.

    unknown title 2011

  • Pober (Jan. 21 issue) 1 provides a comprehensive account of the current knowledge about Williams-Beuren syndrome, and she reviews associated genitourinary abnormalities such as urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, bladder diverticula, structural renal anomalies, and recurrent urinary tract infections.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • On 04/01/10, Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) and Serenity Pharmaceuticals, LLC announced a global agreement for the development and commercialization of Ser-120, a Phase III investigational drug currently in clinical development for the treatment of nocturia, a common yet often under-diagnosed urological disorder in adults characterized by frequent urination at night time.

    American Chronicle American Chronicle 2010

  • On 04/01/10, Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) and Serenity Pharmaceuticals, LLC announced a global agreement for the development and commercialization of Ser-120, a Phase III investigational drug currently in clinical development for the treatment of nocturia, a common yet often under-diagnosed urological disorder in adults characterized by frequent urination at night time.

    American Chronicle American Chronicle 2010

  • Pober (Jan. 21 issue) 1 provides a comprehensive account of the current knowledge about Williams-Beuren syndrome, and she reviews associated genitourinary abnormalities such as urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, bladder diverticula, structural renal anomalies, and recurrent urinary tract infections.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Pober (Jan. 21 issue) 1 provides a comprehensive account of the current knowledge about Williams-Beuren syndrome, and she reviews associated genitourinary abnormalities such as urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia, bladder diverticula, structural renal anomalies, and recurrent urinary tract infections.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Every week, Hussain Al-Zubaidi, a GP, will see at least one patient who suffers from nocturia, the medical term for needing to get up in the night to pee

    Keeping waking in the middle of the night to pee? Here’s why – and what to do about it David Cox 2024

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  • It's common to many a prelate;

    Their age and their gender compel it.

    This rampant nocturia

    Afflicts the whole curia,

    As Vatican leakers will tell it.

    December 19, 2016