ureters

1. The tubes that carry urine from each kidney to the urinary bladder.

Example Sentences

Before the surgery, Mayo printed a 3-D model of the girl’s pelvis, scaled to size and showing her bladder, veins, blood vessels, ureters and the tumor.

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His kidney failure stemmed from malfunctioning ureters, the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.

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There was a tumor near her colon and another that had begun blocking off one of her ureters, which carry urine from the kidney to the bladder.

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Such defects include being born with a single kidney, having kidney swelling or enlarged ureters, the urine-carrying tubes, said lead researcher Dr. Ian Macumber, a pediatric nephrology fellow at Seattle Children's Hospital.

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The resulting stones can be extremely painful as they move through the ureters to be excreted and in some instances require surgery to remove.

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