Painful or difficult urination, symptomatic of numerous conditions.

Dysuria may indicate cystitis; urethritis; infection any where in the urinary tract; urethral stricture; hypertrophied, cancerous, or ulcerated prostrate in men; prolapse of the uterus in women; pelvic peritonitis and abscess; metritis; cancer of the cervix dysmenorrhea; or psychological abnormalities.