emiction

[ ih-mik-shuhn ]

noun

1. urination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of emiction¹

1660–70; < Late Latin ēmīct ( us ) (past participle of ēmingere to make water) (equivalent to ē- e- ¹ + mig- urinate (cognate with Old English mīgan, Old Norse mīga ) + -tus past participle suffix) + -ion