u·re·ter
(yo͝o-rē′tər, yo͝or′ĭ-tər)n.
The long, narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca.
[New Latin ūrētēr, from Greek ourētēr, from ourein, to urinate.]
u·re′ter·al, u′re·ter′ic (yo͝or′ĭ-tĕr′ĭk) adj.
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ureter
(jʊˈriːtə)n
(Anatomy) the tube that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca
[C16: via New Latin from Greek ourētēr, from ourein to urinate]
uˈreteral, ureteric adj
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u•re•ter
(yʊˈri tər)n.
a duct that conveys urine from a kidney to the bladder in mammals or to the cloaca in other vertebrates.
[1570–80; < New Latin < Greek urinate]
u•re′ter•al, u•re•ter•ic (ˌyʊər ɪˈtɛr ɪk) adj.
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u·re·ter
(yo͝o-rē′tər, yo͝or′ĭ-tər) Either of two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
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| Noun | 1. |  ureter - either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladderduct, epithelial duct, canal, channel - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" apparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system - the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine urinary tract - the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ureter
n → Harnleiter m, → Ureter m (spec)
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u·re·ter
n. uréter, uno de los conductos que llevan la orina del riñón a la vejiga.
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ureter
n uréter mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.