[ 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'.
[ 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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004