post-ureteral

u·re·ter

[yoo-ree-ter]
noun Anatomy, Zoology.
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.

Origin:
1570–80; < Neo-Latin < Greek ourētḗr, equivalent to ourē- (verbid stem of oureîn to urinate) + -tēr noun suffix

u·re·ter·al, u·re·ter·ic [yoor-i-ter-ik] , adjective
post·u·re·ter·al, adjective
post·u·re·ter·ic, adjective
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ureter (jʊˈriːtə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the tube that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca
 
[C16: via New Latin from Greek ourētēr, from ourein to urinate]
 
u'reteral
 
adj
 
ureteric
 
adj

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ureter u·re·ter (y&oobreve;-rē'tər, y&oobreve;r'ĭ-tər)
n.
The long narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.


u·re'ter·al or u're·ter'ic (y&oobreve;r'ĭ-těr'ĭk) adj.

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ureter   (y-rē'tər, yr'ĭ-tər)  Pronunciation Key 
Either of two long, narrow ducts that in vertebrates carry urine from each kidney to the urinary bladder.
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