Difficult or painful urination.

• A. Dysuria
• B. Prostatism
• C. Diuresis
• D. Prostatitis

Answer: (A)

The main concept here is the medical term for painful or difficult urination. Dysuria literally combines “dys-” meaning bad or difficult with “-uria” meaning urine, so it describes abnormal or uncomfortable urination, typically with pain or burning.

This is the best fit because the prompt describes pain or difficulty during urination, which is exactly what dysuria names. The other terms refer to different ideas: prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate, which can cause painful urination but is a specific condition rather than the general symptom; prostatism refers to a collection of lower urinary tract symptoms often due to prostate enlargement (like weak stream or urgency) and isn’t defined by pain during urination; diuresis means increased urine production and has nothing to do with pain or difficulty.