strangury

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The ejectio feminis is another process in some respects similar to strangury, as belonging to the same sensible canal of the urethra, and by exciting into action the accelerator muscles; but in the strangury these muscles are excited into action by painful sensation, and in the ejection of the semen by pleasureable sensation.

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  1. noun A condition marked by slow, painful urination, caused by muscular spasms of the urethra and bladder.

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  1. Middle English, from Latin strangūria, from Greek strangouriā : stranx, strang-, drop, trickle + -ouriā, -uria.

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  1. from French strangurie = Old Spanish estrangurria, Spanish estangurria = Portuguese estranguria = Italian stranguria, from Latin stranguria, from Greek στραγγουρία, retention of urine, from στράγξ (στραγγ-), a drop, that which is squeezed out (from *στράγγειν, draw or bind tight, squeeze: see strangle), + οὑρεῑν, urinate, from οὑρον, urine.
 

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/ˈstræŋgjuri/
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