urinary tract infection
See also: urinary-tract infections
English
Alternative forms
Noun
urinary tract infection (plural urinary tract infections) (abbreviated UTI)
- (pathology) An infection that affects part of the urinary tract.
- Hyponyms: acute cystitis, bladder infection, pyelonephritis
- 2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times:
- The priest proceeds to pour bowl after bowl of ceremonial water on our scalps. My makeup, hair and contact lenses stream down my cheeks. My eyes burn. I wonder if I could get a urinary tract infection this way.
Translations
infection that affects part of the urinary tract
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