retention
retention
subs.
P. κάθεξις, ἡ.
subs.
P. κάθεξις, ἡ.
RETENTION
retentio (as act of retaining). If = Memory Vid: Retention of urine stranguria (στραγγουρία also δυσπυρία used by Cic. Attic. 10 10 3 as a Greek word; in later writers it stands as a Latin expression; the pure Latin however is urinae tormina neuter or urinae difficultas or angustiae.
retentio (as act of retaining). If = Memory Vid: Retention of urine stranguria (στραγγουρία also δυσπυρία used by Cic. Attic. 10 10 3 as a Greek word; in later writers it stands as a Latin expression; the pure Latin however is urinae tormina neuter or urinae difficultas or angustiae.
retention: rĕtentio: a r. of the dowry, r. dotis, Papin. Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 2: r. of urine, r., Coel. Aur.: v. STRANGURY . (N.B.--Cic. has the word as a trans. of ἐποχὴ, a withholding of the assent.) Better expr. by a verb.