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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; < NL < Gk ourētr, equiv. to ourē- (verbid s. of oureîn to urinate ) + -tēr n. suffix


u⋅re⋅ter⋅al, u⋅re⋅ter⋅ic [yoor-i-ter-ik] , adjective
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u·re·ter   (yŏŏ-rē'tər, yŏŏr'ĭ-tər)   
n.  The long, narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca.

[New Latin ūrētēr, from Greek ourētēr, from ourein, to urinate.]
u·re'ter·al, u're·ter'ic (yŏŏr'ĭ-těr'ĭk) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ure·ter
Pronunciation: 'yur-&t-&r, yu-'rEt-&r
Function: noun
: either of the paired ducts that carry away urine from a kidneyto the bladder or cloaca and that in humans are slender membranous epithelium-lined flat tubes about sixteen inches (41 centimeters) long which open above into the pelvis of a kidney and below into theback part of the same side of the bladder at a very oblique angle

Main Entry: ure·ter·al
Pronunciation: yu-'rEt-&-r&l
Variant: or ure·ter·ic /"yur-&-'ter-ik/
Function:adjective
: of or relating to a ureter <ureteral occlusion>
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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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