ureter
ureter
Definition
ure·ter (yo̵o rēt′ər)
noun
a duct or tube that carries urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca
Etymology: ModL < Gr ourētēr < ourein, to urinate < ouron: see urine
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Usage Examples
Preposition: into
- bladder: This shows up on X-rays, and it can be followed traveling from the kidney, down the ureters into the bladder.
Converse of object
- call: There is also a duct from each kidney called the ureter, which carries urine to the bladder.
- obstruct: CONCLUSION: The majority of obstructed ureters ( 81 % ) can be stented without preliminary drainage, and using simple equipment.
- have: You also have two ureters which carry the urine from kidneys to bladder.
- re-route: The aim of the operation is to re-route the ureter around the other side of the problematic blood vessel.
- divide: Nevertheless, the surgeon should be prepared to divide the ureter and even remove the right kidney if required.
- involve: Retroperitoneal fibrosis Inflammation that involves the ureters and cause a blockage - obstruction.
Adjective modifier
- ectopic: From what you have said I would start with ectopic ureter.
- left: Then at the end of June 99 he formed another stone, this time in his left ureter.
- right: A large stone in the right ureter obstructing the right kidney.
- distal: CONCLUSIONS: The endoscopic approach to the distal ureter during nephroureterectomy is feasible.
Modifies a noun
- tumor: CT and MRI appear to have a high diagnostic sensitivity and staging accuracy in ureter tumors.
Browse dictionary entries near ureter
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- uredospore
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- ureteric
- uretero-
- ureterostomies
- ureterostomy
- urethan
- urethane
- urethr-
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