paruresis
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Etymology edit
From para- (“abnormal, defective”) + uresis (“urination”). The term was coined by Williams and Degenhart in their 1954 paper "Paruresis: A survey of a disorder of micturition" in the Journal of General Psychology 51:19-29.
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paruresis (uncountable)
- The inability to urinate in the presence of others.
- 1996, Bradley Hennenfent, M.D., Roseville Books, The Prostatitis Syndromes: Approaches to Treating Bacterial Prostatitis, page 59:
- Completely normal men who develop prostatitis will suddenly come down with urinary paruresis as one of their symptoms.
- 2003, Clara Greed, Inclusive Urban Design: Public Toilets, page 100:
- Piss-shyness (paruresis) may prevent sufferers from using a public restroom.
- 2006, Bernie Warren, Suffering the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune, page 105:
- Paruresis had previously been classified as a social phobia but current thinking about paruresis is that for diagnostic purposes it is classified as a Social Anxiety Disorder in ...DSM-IV.
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- shy bladder, shy bladder syndrome
- stage fright
- performance anxiety
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paruresis f (uncountable)