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1. <medicine> A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
2. <botany> A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.
Origin: L. Stranguria, Gr., a drop + to make water, urine: cf. F. Strangurie. See Strangle, and Urine.
(01 Mar 1998)
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