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Webster 1913 Edition
Urinary
U′ri-na-ry
,Adj.
[L.
urina
urine: cf. F. urinaire
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to the urine;
as, the
. urinary
bladder; urinary
excretions2.
Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine.
Urinary calculus
(Med.)
, a concretion composed of some one or more crystalline constituents of the urine, liable to be found in any portion of the urinary passages or in the pelvis of the kidney.
– Urinary pigments
, (Physiol. Chem.)
, certain colored substances, urochrome, or urobilin, uroerythrin, etc., present in the urine together with indican, a colorless substance which by oxidation is convertible into colored bodies.
U′ri-na-ry
,Noun.
A urinarium; also, a urinal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Urinary
U'RINARY
,Adj.
U'RINARY
,Definition 2024
urinary
urinary
English
Adjective
urinary (not comparable)
- Pertaining to urine, its production, function, or excretion.
- Of or relating to the organs involved in the formation and excretion of urine.
Translations
urinary
Derived terms
Noun
urinary (plural urinaries)
- (archaic) A urinary device or fixture: a urinal.
- 1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8:
- Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...
- 1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8:
Synonyms
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