ureter
pronunciation
How to pronounce ureter in British English:
UK [jʊ'ri:tə]
How to pronounce ureter in American English:
US [jʊ'ritə]
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- Noun:
- either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
Word Origin
- ureter (n.)
- 1570s, from medical Latin ureter, from Greek oureter "urinary duct of the kidneys," from ourein "to urinate," from ouron (see urine). Related: Ureteral.
Example
- 1. Injury to adjacent organs such as the small intestine , ureter , or bladder .
- 2. Does beijing cure ureter calculus how much being ?
- 3. How calculus curing the kidney and the ureter ?
- 4. Congenital left renal pelvis and ureter , proteinuria from time to time .
- 5. Larger ones , however , may get stuck in the thread-like ureter that connects each kidney to the bladder , thereby blocking the flow of urine .