Sign or Symptom
urinary urgency
u·ri·nar·y ur·gen·cy [ yer-uh-ner-ee ur-juhn-see ]
Definitions related to urgency of micturition:
  • (urinary urgency) An acute and compelling urge to urinate.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (urinary urgency) Urge incontinence is the strong, sudden need to urinate.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • (micturition urgency) A sudden compelling urge to urinate.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • (urinary urgency) A disorder characterized by a sudden compelling urge to urinate.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
  • A compelling need to urinate (urgency), which may feel like almost constant painful straining (tenesmus), can be caused by bladder irritation. Uncontrolled loss of urine (incontinence) may occur if a person does not urinate immediately. Urgency may be caused by a bladder infection. Caffeine and alcohol use may contribute to urgency but...
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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