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Definition: Urethritis |
UrethritisNoun1. Inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Urethritis \U`re*thri"tis\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Urethra, and -itis.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Inflammation of the urethra. (references) |
Medicine | An inflammation of the urethra. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Urethritis is an inflammation of the urethra. The symptoms are dysuria, which is pain (usually burning pain) on urination (micturition). Usually caused by a urinary tract infection.
- Urinary Tract Infections: The Facts http://www.msu.edu/user/eisthen/yeast/intro.html
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Urethritis."
Crosswords: Urethritis |
| English words defined with "urethritis": NGU, nongonococcal urethritis ♦ Reiter's disease, Reiter's syndrome. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "urethritis": complete Reiter's triad ♦ Reiter syndrome, Reiter's arthritis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Urethritis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (urethritis), Dutch (urethritis), German (urethritis). |
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 | Photomicrograph of a urethral exudate from a male with urethritis, indicating gram-negative N. gonorrhoeae intracellular diplococci. Credit: CDC. |  | Gonorrhea is among the differential diagnostic possibilities due to the “nonspecific” nature of the urethritis, the presence of paired bacteria, or diplococci, and the abundance of monocytes. Credit: CDC. |
 | “Nonspecific” urethritis in the presence of mixed flora with few bacteria, and associated with neutrophils, without further testing, can possibly lead to a differential diagnosis of gonorrhea. Credit: CDC. |  | A Gram-stained urethral exudate from a male with urethritis. Note the pleomorphic Gram-negative extracellular organisms, as well as intracellular diplococci. This culture is positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Credit: CDC. |
 | Neisseria gonorrhoeae was among the differential diagnostic etiologic agents. However, the gram negative diplococci, here associated with these epithelial cells, were found in a male patient who had no signs of urethritis. Credit: CDC. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | An infection limited to the urethra is called urethritis. (references) | |
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| "Urethritis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Urethritis" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 65 | 41,645 |
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Expressions using "urethritis": nongonoccocal urethritis ♦ nongonococcal urethritis ♦ nonspecific urethritis. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "urethritis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | urethritis. (various references) | |
Dutch | uretritis, urethritis. (various references) | |
Finnish | uretriitti, virtsaputkitulehdus. (various references) | |
French | urétrite. (various references) | |
German | Harnröhrenentzündung, Entzündung der Harnröhre. (various references) | |
Greek | ουρηθρίτιδα. (various references) | |
Italian | uretrite. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ethritisuray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | uretrite. (various references) | |
Spanish | uretritis. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "urethritis": urethritises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "urethritis" (pronounced 'U`re*thri"tis'): Adenitis, Aortitis, Appendicitis, Arachnitis, Arteritis, Arthritis, Arthrochondritis, Blepharitis, Bronchitis, Bursitis, Capsulitis, Carditis, Cellulitis, Cerebritis, Cholecystis, Chondritis, Colitis, Colonitis, Compos-mentis, Conjunctivitis, Cystitis, Dactylitis, Fetis, gastritis, Gastroduodenitis, gastroenteritis, Glossitis, Glottis, Gratis, hepatitis, iritis, keratitis, laminitis, laryngitis, leptomeningitis, lymphadenitis, Lymphangeitis, Macrocystis, mantis, mastitis, meningitis, Mephitis, metritis, Myelitis, myocarditis, Myositis, Myosotis, Nephritis, Nereocystis, Neuritis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-i-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: thirstier. | |
-2 letters: shirtier, thirster, thirties, thruster, trustier. | |
-3 letters: hirsute, hitters, hurries, hurters, ritters, rushier, rustier, ruttier, ruttish, shutter, territs, tithers, truster, turrets. | |
-4 letters: hirers, hitter, hurter, ritter, rusher, sitter, suiter, territ, theirs, theist, thirst, thrust, titers, tither, tithes, titres, triers, triste, triter, truest, truths, turret, tushie, utters. | |
-5 letters: etuis, heirs, heist, hirer, hires, hurst, hurts. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-i-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: urethritises. | |
+5 letters: thunderstriking. | |
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