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strangury

/ˈstɹæŋɡjəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stran-gury
IPA
/ˈstɹæŋɡjəɹi/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the bladder is largely empty or with little urine production.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English strangury, from Latin stranguria, from Ancient Greek στραγγουρία (strangouría).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: strangury, stranguria, στραγγουρία

Usage

Inflected Forms

stranguries (plural) stranguary (alternative)

Derived Forms

stranguric

Synonyms

strangullion

Questions

How do you pronounce strangury?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɹæŋɡjəɹi/.
What does strangury mean?
A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the bladder is largely empty or with little urine production.
Where does strangury come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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