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ureter
[ yoo-ree-ter ]
noun
- a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
ureter
/ ˌjʊərɪˈtɛrɪk; jʊˈriːtə /
noun
- the tube that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca
ureter
/ y-rē′tər,yr′ĭ-tər /
- Either of two long, narrow ducts that in vertebrates carry urine from each kidney to the urinary bladder.
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Derived Forms
- uˈreteral, adjective
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Other Words From
- u·re·ter·al u·re·ter·ic [y, oo, r-i-, ter, -ik], adjective
- post·u·re·ter·al adjective
- post·u·re·ter·ic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ureter1
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Example Sentences
Each ureter dilates at its lower end into an elongated wide tube, which continues to receive the ducts from the kidneys.
Analogy would certainly lead us to expect the ureter to serve in Ganoids as the vas deferens.
In the female Proteus, on the other hand, the separation into a Mllerian duct and a ureter is quite complete.
The lumen is not, as might be expected, completely circumscribed by the wall of the ureter, but only dorsally and to the sides.
The ureter (d), which has the same fundamental constitution as in the female.
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