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strangury

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈstɹæŋɡjəɹi/

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noun

Meaning 1

A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the bladder is largely empty or with little urine production.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences, urology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: strangullion

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English strangury, from Latin stranguria, from Ancient Greek στραγγουρία (strangouría).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: болезнено уриниране (bolezneno urinirane) — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Burmese: ဆီးအောင့်ရောဂါ (hci:aung.rau:ga) — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 痛性尿淋瀝 /痛性尿淋沥 (tòngxìngniàolínlì) — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • French: strangurie — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • German: Blasenkrampf — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Ancient Greek: στραγγουρία (strangouría) — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Italian: stranguria — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Latin: strangūria — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Polish: stranguria — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Portuguese: estrangúria — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Spanish: estranguria — painful, frequent need to urinate
  • Tagalog: balisawsaw — painful, frequent need to urinate