URETHRA


Meaning of URETHRA in English

[ jʊ'ri:θrə ]

■ noun Anatomy & Zoology the duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body, and which in male vertebrates also conveys semen.

Derivatives

~l adjective

Origin

C17: from late L., from Gk ourēthra , from ourein 'urinate'.

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