Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urinary retention

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables
uri-nary re-ten-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

holding urine in the urinary bladder

Example Sentences

Questions

What does urinary retention mean?
holding urine in the urinary bladder

How to pronounce urinary retention

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