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Definition of Anuresis

1. Noun. Inability to urinate.

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)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anuresis

Anubis anucleate anucleolate ANUG anular anulus anulus Anunnaki anura Anura

anural anuran anurans anureses anuresis (current term) anuresis (current term) anuretic anuretic anuria anuria

anurias anuric anuric anurous anurous anury anus anus anuses anus cerebri

Literary usage of Anuresis

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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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