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seg⋅re⋅ga⋅tor

  [seg-ri-gey-ter]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
an instrument for collecting the urine excreted by one kidney only.
Origin:
1900–05; segregate + -or 2
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seg·re·gate   (sěg'rĭ-gāt')   
v.   seg·re·gat·ed, seg·re·gat·ing, seg·re·gates

v.   tr.

  1. To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group. See Synonyms at isolate.

  2. To impose the separation of (a race or class) from the rest of society.

v.   intr.

  1. To become separated from a main body or mass.

  2. To practice a policy of racial segregation.

  3. Genetics To undergo genetic segregation.

adj.   (-gĭt, -gāt')
Separated; isolated.
n.   (-gĭt, -gāt')

  1. One that is or has been segregated.

  2. Genetics See segregant.


[Latin sēgregāre, sēgregāt- : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]
seg're·ga'tive adj., seg're·ga'tor n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: seg·re·gat·or
Pronunciation: 'seg-ri-"gAt-&r
Function: noun
: an instrument for collecting the urine from each kidneyseparately
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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