micturition
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of micturition
1715–25; < Latin micturī ( re ) to desire to urinate ( 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 micturition requires an intact spinal cord and functional pudendal nerve arising from the sacral micturition center.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
During the next five days micturition was hourly or more frequent; gas was passed per urethram, and the urine was very foul, containing evident fæcal matter.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry
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