Ischuria
/ˌɪskjʊˈriːə/noun
A medical term for urinary retention, especially the inability to pass urine.
Did you know?It entered English through learned medical Latin from Greek ischouria, a term built from a verb meaning “to restrain” plus “urine,” so the word itself describes a blockage rather than a curse.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἰσχουρία (iskhouría)
“urinary retention; inability to pass urine”
Classical Greek
Greek
ἴσχειν (ískhein)
“to hold back, restrain, stop”
Ancient Greek
Greek
οὖρον (oûron)
“urine”
Late Latin
Latin
ischuria
“medical term for urinary retention”
16th–17th Century
English
ischuria
“urinary retention, especially complete suppression of urine”
Modern English
English
ischuria
“a clinical term for urinary retention”