Definition of Anuresis

1. Noun. Inability to urinate.

Exact synonyms: Anuria
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

antvireos
antwacky
anty
anuclear
anucleate
anucleolate
anular
anulus
anumerical
anuptaphobia
anura
anural
anuran
anurans
anureses
anuresis (current term)
anuretic
anuria
anurias
anuric
anurous
anury
anus cerebri
anus vesicalis
anuses
anusvara
anusvaras
anvil
anvil cloud

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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