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Meaning of STRANGURY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stran"gu*ry\, n. [L. stranguria, Gr. ?; ?, ?, a drop
+ ? to make water, ? urine: cf. F. strangurie. See
{Strangle}, and {Urine}.]
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.
 
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