urinary tract infection

See also: urinary-tract infections

English

Alternative forms

• urinary-tract infection

Noun

urinary tract infection (plural urinary tract infections) (abbreviated UTI)

1. (pathology) An infection that affects part of the urinary tract.

   Hyponyms: acute cystitis, bladder infection, pyelonephritis

   • 2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The priest proceeds to pour bowl after bowl of ceremonial water on our scalps. My makeup, hair and contact lenses stream down my cheeks. My eyes burn. I wonder if I could get a urinary tract infection this way.

Translations

infection that affects part of the urinary tract

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泌尿道感染 (mìniàodào gǎnrǎn)

• Finnish: virtsatietulehdus (fi)
• French: infection urinaire (fr) f, infection des voies urinaires f
• German: Harnwegsinfektion (de) f
• Hungarian: húgyúti fertőzés
• Italian: infezione delle vie urinarie f
• Russian: инфе́кция мочевыводя́щих путе́й f (infékcija močevyvodjáščix putéj)
• Spanish: infección del tracto urinario f
• Swedish: urinvägsinfektion (sv) c
• Turkish: idrar yolu enfeksiyonu