Definition: Urine
Etymology
From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (urine), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *weh₁r- (water, liquid, milk). Related to *h₁ewHdʰr̥- (origin of udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (wet, moist). Displaced native English land (urine), (Middle English land, from Old English hland (urine)).
Noun
urine (usually uncountable, plural urines)
- (physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
Derived terms
- uric
- urinable
- urinaceous
- urinal
- urinalysis
- urinary
- urinate
- urination
- urinative
- urinology
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