Dysuria
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Dysuria is defined as a disorder of urination primarily caused by difficulty in excreting urine from the bladder, or as painful urination. The article describes it not as an independent disease, but as a symptom of various urogenital conditions in men and women, as well as functional bladder disorders.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
DYSURIA (from the Greek dys- prefix denoting disorder, and ouron - urine), a disorder of urination based on difficulty in excreting urine from the bladder. Other authors (Borodulin) define dysuria as painful urination. Dysuria is not an independent disease, but only a symptom of a number of diseases of the urogenital sphere in men and women, as well as of functional disorders of the bladder in diseases of the nervous system (see, for example, Cystitis).
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“Dysuria.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/dysuria/