ureter

[ yoo-ree-ter ]
/ yʊˈri tər /

noun Anatomy, Zoology.

a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.

Origin of ureter

1570–80; < New Latin < Greek ourētḗr, equivalent to ourē- (verbid stem of oureîn to urinate) + -tēr noun suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM ureter

u·re·ter·al, u·re·ter·ic [yoo r-i-ter-ik] /ˌyʊər ɪˈtɛr ɪk/, adjective post·u·re·ter·al, adjective post·u·re·ter·ic, adjective

Words nearby ureter

uremic frost, uremigenic, urena, uresiesthesia, uresis, ureter, ureteral meatus, ureteralgia, uretercystoscope, ureterectasia, ureterectomy

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British Dictionary definitions for ureter

ureter
/ (jʊˈriːtə) /

noun

the tube that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca

Derived forms of ureter

ureteral or ureteric (ˌjʊərɪˈtɛrɪk), adjective

Word Origin for ureter

C16: via New Latin from Greek ourētēr, from ourein to urinate

Medical definitions for ureter

ureter
[ yu-rē′tər, yur′ĭ-tər ]

n.

The long narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.

Other words from ureter

u•re′ter•al null adj.

Scientific definitions for ureter

ureter
[ yu-rē′tər, yur′ĭ-tər ]

Either of two long, narrow ducts that in vertebrates carry urine from each kidney to the urinary bladder.