| Word | strangury |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. A condition caused by blockage or irritation at the base of the bladder: a strong desire to urinate and severe pain. |
| Sentence | But the very workshop of voluptuousness heard that exclamation [that the tortured man was happy]. “This day and that other were my happiest,” said Epicurus; one of the days he was tormented by strangury and the other by an incurable stomach ulcer. |
| Source | Seneca, "The Happy Life", The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca p. 245 |
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