| urination | The passing of urine. Synonym: miction, micturition, uresis. Stuttering urination, the passage of urine in jets caused by intermittent spasmodic contraction of the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| urination disorders | Disorders in the frequency of urination, the volume of urine produced or eliminated, or the ability to retain or void urine in normal fashion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| painful | 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing 2. Requiring labour or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march. 3. Painstaking; careful; industrious. "A very painful person, and a great clerk." (Jer. Taylor) "Nor must the painful husbandman be tired." (Dryden) Synonym: Disquieting, troublesome, afflictive, distressing, grievous, laborious, toilsome, difficult, arduous. Pain"fully, Pain"fulness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| painful anaesthesia | Severe spontaneous pain occurring in an anaesthetic area. Synonym: painful anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painful-bruising syndrome | <syndrome> An intense inflammatory reaction to slight extravasation of blood, due to an allergic sensitivity to red blood cells; more commonly seen in adult women. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painful haematuria | Haematuria associated with dysuria, usually indicating the coexistence of infection, trauma, calculi, or foreign bodies within the lower urinary tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painful paraplegia | Paralysis of the lower extremities in which the affected parts, in spite of loss of motion and sensation, are the seat of excruciating pain; occurs in certain cases of cancer of the spinal cord. Synonym: painful paraplegia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painful point | See: Valleix's points. (05 Mar 2000) |
| painful toe | A condition, usually associated with flatfoot, in which walking causes severe pain in the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe. Synonym: painful toe. (05 Mar 2000) |