expression, godan verb (-su)
feel the urge to urinate
A formal or clinical expression for needing to urinate. In casual speech, people more often say おしっこがしたい or トイレに行きたい.
長時間の会議中に尿意を催し、我慢するのが大変だった。
During the long meeting, I felt the urge to urinate and it was hard to hold it in.
尿意 (urinary urge) + を + 催す (to feel an urge). A straightforward compound using the formal noun 尿意.