urethra
The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through…The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
» Urethritis is inflammation of the urethra.
Meaning
1 sensesThe tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
Harnröhre, Urethra
мочеиспуска́тельный кана́лmočeispuskátelʹnyj kanál, уре́траurétra
duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
Examples
4 sentencesUrethritis is inflammation of the urethra.
I have a discharge from my urethra.
deIch habe Ausfluss aus der Harnröhre. — AutoBot
I thought I told you about my narrow urethra.
If humans are intelligently designed, why did the designer put the urethra so close to the anus?
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.
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Forms
plural: urethras / urethraeWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular