pneumaturian.
/ˌnjuːməˈtjʊərɪə/, /ˌnjuːməˈtʃʊərɪə/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uməˈt(j)ʊriə/ Medicine.
The passage of air or gas in the urine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > urinary disorders > [noun] > other bladder disorders
cystorrhœa1851
urolithiasis1865
pneumaturia1883
neurogenic bladder1930
1883 Lancet 3 Mar. 375/2 Dr. Guiard proposes the term ‘diabetic pneumaturia’, to denominate a condition which he has observed in four cases of urinary infection in the male, complicated with glycosuria.
1898 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 31 375/1 The cases of pneumaturia may be roughly divided into three groups.
1952 Radiology 59 63/1 Primary pneumaturia is rare and is due to fermentation of urine in the bladder through the agency of some fermenting organism.
1985 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 78 619/1 Although bladder instrumentation is likely to be the most common cause of pneumaturia in the United States at present, the condition is short-lived and resolves spontaneously.
2004 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 188 619/1 We also observed that many of our physician colleagues have the misconception that pneumaturia may be caused by a UTI [= urinary tract infection].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1883