micturition
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of micturition
1715–25; < Latin micturī ( re ) to desire to urinate ( see micturate) + -tion
Example Sentences
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At least they aren't advocating imbibing a libation made from your own micturition.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2022
There’s also a hyper-surreal absinthe-drinking episode, and an instance of public micturition that’s a lot funnier, even, than the word micturition.
From Time ● Jul. 26, 2017
I stood, a 47-year-old man, my crying mixing with my micturition, as I wept into the toilet.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2016
Normal micturition is a result of stretch receptors in the bladder wall that transmit nerve impulses to the sacral region of the spinal cord to generate a spinal reflex.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
If micturition may thus relieve nervous tension generally, it is not surprising that it should relieve the tension of the centers with which it is most intimately connected.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock
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