- plural of ureter.
ureters
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A UTI is just an acronym for a urinary tract infection, which is an infection in your kidneys, bladder, ureters, or urethra.
From Fox News ● Nov. 9, 2019
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2017
They can occur in any part of the urinary tract: kidneys, ureters, bladder or urethra.
From Time ● Nov. 30, 2015
The urinary tract or system consists of the urine-producing kidneys; the pair of tubes called the ureters; and the bladder, which stores urine and empties it from the body through the urethra.
From US News ● Sep. 18, 2015
It is said to infest sometimes the thorax and ribs, but its most general situation is on the small of the back, over one kidney, extending forward over the course of one of the ureters.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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