URETHRITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("urethritis" is a kind of...):

urinary tract infection (any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "urethritis"):

NGU; nongonococcal urethritis (sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia))

nonspecific urethritis; NSU (inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause)

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