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Definition of Anuresis
1. Noun. Inability to urinate.
Generic synonyms: Illness, Malady, Sickness, Unwellness
Derivative terms: Anuretic
Definition of Anuresis
1. Noun. (medicine) The inability to urinate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anuresis
1. inability to urinate [n -RESES] : ANURETIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Anuresis
1. An obsolete term for inability to pass urine. Origin: G. An-priv. + ouresis, urination (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anuresis
Literary usage of Anuresis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"... (an-u-ref^ik) [see anuresis]. Pertaining to or affected with anuria.
Anuria (an-u'-re-ah) [sec ..."
2. Lectures on the diseases of the nervous system by Jean Martin Charcot (1879)
"The first remark which suggests itself to the mind is the following: In our
patient, complete anuresis never lasted longer than a period of ten days. ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Death usually supervenes on the fifth day under conditions of anuresis. A comparison
of blood and urine analyses ought to reveal to what extent the nature ..."
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