Sign or Symptom
prostatism
[ pros-tuh-tiz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Definitions related to prostatism:
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A blockage at the base of the bladder that reduces or prevents the flow of urine into the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body (also known as bladder outlet obstruction). Typical symptoms include feeling the need to urinate right away yet having to strain to do so, having a weak urinary stream, dribbling after urinating, feeling as though the bladder has not been emptied completely, needing to urinate frequently, or experiencing urinary incontinence.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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Lower urinary tract symptom, such as slow urinary stream, associated with PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA in older men.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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