urinary-tract infection

See also: urinary tract infection

English

Noun

urinary-tract infection (plural urinary-tract infections)

1. Alternative form of urinary tract infection.
   • 1943 May 16, J. D. Ratcliff, “Here’s Medical Magic!”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 68, number 362, page twelve:

     Or take the six-months-old baby with a persistent urinary-tract infection, against which sulfapyridine failed to work.

   • 2020 November 1, Alfred Lubrano, “Demand for Diapers on Rise”, in The Baltimore Sun, 183rd year, number 306, section “Life & Travel”, page 3:

     Along with the rashes and urinary-tract infections that kids in used diapers suffer, there are other consequences, she said.

   • 2022 September 19, “Sending Research to Space”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 193, page A10:

     Urinary-tract infections and retention can be serious problems during space missions.