anuresis
UK/ˌæn.jʊˈɹiːsɪs/US/ˌæn.jəˈɹisɪs/
anuresis noun: the inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder.
Noun
anuresis (uncountable)
- The inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder.
- Kaido [35] describes a 53-year-old Japanese lady whose index presentation was with vomiting, anuresis, and clouded conscious state on a background of 6 months of apathy.2010, Perminder S. Sachdev, Matcheri S. Keshavan, editors, Secondary Schizophrenia, Cambridge University Press, page 235
- Suffice it to say that the urge to look over/down at their penises is powerful and the motives behind this urge so complex as to cause anuresis (which in turn ups the trauma).2012, David Foster Wallace, Consider The Lobster: Essays and Arguments, page vii
anuresis meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Indonesian
anuresis in Tamil
- சிறுநீர் இறங்காமை
anuresis in Urdu
- عُسرُ البول
anuresis in Indonesian
- the inability to urinate
- anuresis
Origin of anuresis
From an- + -uresis.
Words that rhyme with anuresis
- thesis
- mimesis
- CSIS
- diuresis
- epithesis
- kinesis
- syndesis
- synizesis
- ascesis
- biokinesis
- diaphoresis
- askesis
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Questions about anuresis
- What does anuresis mean?
- Anuresis means the inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder.
- What is anuresis in Tamil?
- Anuresis in Tamil is சிறுநீர் இறங்காமை. See Anuresis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is anuresis?
- Anuresis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anuresis?
- Anuresis is pronounced /ˌæn.jʊˈɹiːsɪs/ (UK).
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