| urinary system n. The bodily system consisting of the organs that produce, collect, and eliminate urine and including the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra. |
urinary system (y r  -n r  ) The system of organs and tissues involved with regulation of water content and salt concentration in the body and with the excretion of metabolic wastes and excess water and salt in the form of urine. In mammals, the urinary system consists of the urinary tract and associated tissues. |
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| Noun | 1. |  urinary system - the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urineapparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system system - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion" excretory organ, urinary organ - an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them genital system, reproductive system - organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring urinary tract - the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine urinary bladder - a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine ureter - either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder urethra - duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct |
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