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ureter

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ureter has 1 sense

ureter(n = noun.body) Array - either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder; Array

is a part of apparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system, urinary tract

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ureter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. . See Urine.].

The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

ureter, n. the duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca.

Derivative

ureteral adj. ureteric adj. ureteritis n.

Etymology

F uret{egrave}re or mod.L ureter f. Gk oureter f. oureo urinate

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