Ureter Definition

yo͝o-rētər, yo͝orĭ-tər
ureters
noun
A duct or tube that carries urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ureter

Noun

Singular:
ureter
Plural:
ureters

Origin of Ureter

  • New Latin ūrētēr from Greek ourētēr from ourein to urinate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ (ourētēr).

    From Wiktionary

Ureter Sentence Examples

  • The ureter drains urine from the kidney into the bladder.

  • Eleven selected only bladder carcinomas, four included all neoplasms of the urinary tract and one selected carcinomas of the renal pelvis and ureter.

  • Urine then flows out of each kidney and into a tube called the ureter.

  • There is also a duct from each kidney called the ureter, which carries urine to the bladder.

  • The aim of the operation is to re-route the ureter around the other side of the problematic blood vessel.

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Words Starting With

UURURE

Words Ending With

RERTER

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Words Starting With U and Ending With R

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With U6 Letter Words Ending With R