strangury Meaning, Definition & Usage

Stran"gu*ry noun
Etymology
L. stranguria, Gr. , , a drop + to make water, urine: cf. F. strangurie. See Strangle, and Urine.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
  2. (Bot.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.

Webster 1913