urethritis (u-re-thri'tis)

Inflammation of the urethra, usually gonorrhea, anterior u. U. affecting the anterior part of the u. catarrhal u. Non-virulent gonorrhea. chronic u. See gleet, membranous desquamative u. Chronic u. with desquamation of the urethral mucous membrane, non-specific u. U. due to the gonococci cannot be found, as from a gouty diathesis or in diabetes, papillomatous u. U. characterized by the development of papillomata in the form of pointed warts in the urethra, posterior u., pre vesical u. Inflammation of the prostatic urethra, syphilitic u. An involvement of the u. in a syphilitic chancre, traumatic u. U. caused by foreign bodies, rough catheterism, caustics, and wounds. [Gr., ourethra, urethra, + it is, inflammation.]