urosis

English

Etymology

From uro- +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊəˈɹəʊsɪs/

Noun

urosis (uncountable)

1. (medicine, rare) Any disease of the urinary organs.
   • c. 1918, United States. Surgeon-General's Office, Review of war surgery and medicine (page 103)

     He made a definite comparison between the family histories of urosis cases and other patients in the hospital […]

   • 1960, The Nihon University Journal of Medicine, volume 2, page 309:

     Tuberculous ulcer is frequently found in severe cases of urosis […]

   • 2013, Lori Gruen, Sex, Morality, and the Law, page 92:

     On the physical side there is always the risk of getting infected by some venereal disease. Certain forms of urosis are known to be more common among harlots than among women in general.

Anagrams

• Souris