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uretic

[yoo-ret-ik]
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
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Origin of uretic

1840–50; < Late Latin ūrēticus < Greek ourētikós, equivalent to ourē- (see ureter) + -tikos -tic
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British Dictionary definitions for uretic

uretic

adjective
  1. of or relating to the urine
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Word Origin

C19: via Late Latin from Greek ourētikos, from ouron urine
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uretic in Medicine

uretic

(yu-rĕt′ĭk)
adj.
  1. Of urine; urinary.
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