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Where does “dysuria” come from?

Dysuria comes from Ancient Greek δυσ- meaning "bad or difficult" combined with Ancient Greek οὖρον meaning "urine," from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to flow" and "urinate."

dysuria (English): The experience or condition of experiencing pain...

Definitions

  1. The experience or condition of experiencing pain...

Ancestry of “dysuria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdys-bad
2New Latindys-Used to convey the idea of being difficult,...
3Ancient Greekδῠσ-bad, unfortunate
4Latincalculāre—
5Latincalculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “dysuria”

  • dysuric
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