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Dysuria

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dysuria [dis′yu̇r·ē·ə]
(medicine)
Painful urination.
Dysuria 

disturbance of urination, usually as a result of difficulty in discharging urine from the urinary bladder when there is pressure on the urethra by a hematoma, tumor, or enlarged prostate gland or there is obstruction by a stone; dysuria can also occur as a result of functional disturbances in diseases of the nervous system (spasms, for example). Painful and frequent urination is sometimes classified as dysuria.
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Among women with typical symptoms of urinary-tract infection, such as frequency or dysuria, the presence of pyuria by microscopy or leukocyte esterase by dipstick both correlate highly with culture-proven bactiuria (80% to 90%).
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haematobium infection in chronic urinary schistosomiasis is haematuria, which may be associated with other urinary symptoms such as dysuria and frequency and, less commonly, haemospermia.
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