Meaning of URINARY
Pronunciation: | | 'yûureenuree
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- [adj] of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine
- [adj] of or relating to the urinary system of the body
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\U"ri*na*ry\, a. [L. urina urine: cf. F. urinaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder;
urinary excretions.
2. 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\, n.
A urinarium; also, a urinal.
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| Definition: | | Having to do with urine or the organs of the body that produce and get rid of urine. |
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