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urethral

American  
[yoor-ee-thruhl] / yʊərˈi θrəl /

adjective

  1. relating to or affecting the urethra.


Other Word Forms

  • suburethral adjective
  • transurethral adjective
  • transurethrally adjective

Example Sentences

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First, his urine stream had grown weak, and he worried he might have a urethral stricture.

From New York Times • May 10, 2022

It was dad’s choice not to suffer any longer as his three-year battle with urethral cancer ravaged his body but not his mind.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2019

Stallions that are infected with the parasite that causes the disease, Trypanosoma equiperdum, develop a lot of swelling in their penis and scrotum — in addition to urethral discharges.

From The Verge • Aug. 8, 2015

Esterhaus succumbed to urethral cancer during the show’s fourth season.

From Time • Jul. 17, 2013

In neither of these instances was the pain referred to the external meatus, as in the female patients above mentioned who were suffering from urethral neuralgia.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.