URETHRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urethritis mean? 

• URETHRITIS (noun)
  The noun URETHRITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination

  Familiarity information: URETHRITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URETHRITIS (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)

 Context examples 

A synthetic pyridine derivative anesthetic, Phenazopyridine is used as a local anesthetic in urinary tract disorders to relieve pain of lower urinary-tract irritation, as in cystitis, urethritis or prostatitis.

(Phenazopyridine, NCI Thesaurus)