Path. [f. URETHR-A + -ITIS. Cf. F. uréthrite.] Inflammation of the urethra.
1823. Crabb, Dict. Technol., II. s.v.
1843. R. J. Graves, Syst. Clin. Med., xxvii. 347. The extension of urethritis sympathetically or by metastasis.
1888. Lancet, 14 Jan., 58/1. The condition commonly known as chronic granular urethritis.
Hence Urethritic a. a. Arising from, due to, urethritis. b. Affected with urethritis.
a. 1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., 1313. Urethritic or gonorrhœal prostatitis.
b. 1891. Cent. Dict.