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Meaning of URETER

Pronunciation:  yûu'reetur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
 
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 See Also: apparatus urogenitalis, canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct, genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urinary tract, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\U*re"ter\ (?; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Urine}.]
(Anat.)
The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the
bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each
kidney.
 
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Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: Tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
 
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