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
Voluntary control of micturition requires a mature and intact sacral micturition center.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Which is not therefore owing to any supposed spasm of the bladder, for the action of it in excluding the urine is weak, and as much controlable by the will as in ordinary micturition.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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