segregator

[seg-ri-gey-ter]

seg·re·ga·tor

[seg-ri-gey-ter]
noun Medicine/Medical.
an instrument for collecting the urine excreted by one kidney only.

Origin:
1900–05; segregate + -or2
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Segregator is always a great word to know.
So is femur. Does it mean:
the bone of the lower jaw.
a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
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World English Dictionary
segregate (ˈsɛɡrɪˌɡeɪt)
 
vb
1.  to set or be set apart from others or from the main group
2.  (tr) to impose segregation on (a racial or minority group)
3.  genetics, metallurgy to undergo or cause to undergo segregation
 
[C16: from Latin sēgregāre, from sē- apart + grex a flock]
 
segregable
 
adj
 
'segregative
 
adj
 
'segregator
 
n

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segregator seg·re·ga·tor (sěg'rĭ-gā'tər)
n.
An apparatus for obtaining urine from each kidney separately.

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