English Explanatory Dictionary

post-micturition convulsion syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The presence of shivering during or after urination.

Word forms

post-micturition convulsion syndrome

Etymology

post- + micturition + convulsion + syndrome. Coined by American humorist Cecil Adams in 1994 in The Straight Dope, when a reader inquired about the phenomenon.

Synonyms

pee shivers piss shivers PMCS

Related words

micturition syncope
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