ˈyu̇rə̇n, ˈyür- noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin urina; akin to Greek ouron urine, ourein to urinate, Latin urinari to plunge under water, dive, Sanskrit vār water, Old Norse ūr drizzle, ver sea, Old English wær sea, wæter water — more at water
: liquid to semisolid matter that is produced in the kidney and discharged through the urinary organs, that is typically (as in normal man) a clear transparent amber-colored slightly acid fluid which is essentially a watery solution of end products (as urea, uric acid, and creatinine) of protein metabolism, inorganic salts, and complex pigments, and that constitutes the major true excretion of the vertebrate body