transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈyər-ən, ˈyu̇r- ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin urina, from urinari to dive; akin to Sanskrit vār water and perhaps to Sanskrit varṣati it rains, Greek ourein to urinate
Date: 14th century
: waste material that is secreted by the kidney in vertebrates, is rich in end products of protein metabolism together with salts and pigments, and forms a clear amber and usually slightly acid fluid in mammals but is semisolid in birds and reptiles
• urin·ous ˈyər-ə-nəs, ˈyu̇r- adjective