urinary-tract infection

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urinary-tract infection (plural urinary-tract infections)

  1. Alternative form of urinary tract infection.
    • 1943 May 16, J. D. Ratcliff, “Here’s Medical Magic!”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 68, number 362, page twelve:
      Or take the six-months-old baby with a persistent urinary-tract infection, against which sulfapyridine failed to work.
    • 2020 November 1, Alfred Lubrano, “Demand for Diapers on Rise”, in The Baltimore Sun, 183rd year, number 306, section “Life & Travel”, page 3:
      Along with the rashes and urinary-tract infections that kids in used diapers suffer, there are other consequences, she said.
    • 2022 September 19, “Sending Research to Space”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 193, page A10:
      Urinary-tract infections and retention can be serious problems during space missions.