urinary

[ yoor-uh-ner-ee ]

/ ˈyʊər əˌnɛr i /

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adjective

of or relating to urine.

pertaining to the organs secreting and discharging urine.

noun, plural u·ri·nar·ies.Archaic.

urinal.

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Origin of urinary

From the New Latin word ūrīnārius, dating back to 1570–80. See urine, -ary

Words nearby urinary

Uriel, Urim and Thummim, urinal, urinalysis, urinant, urinary, urinary bladder, urinary calculus, urinary system, urinary tract, urinary tract infection

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How to use urinary in a sentence

Byfuglin received the second most popular urinary diversion, the neobladder.
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This year, Chen’s pilot study on pregnant women, published in the journal Environmental Pollution, linked higher urinary concentrations of glyphosate to shorter pregnancies.
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Chronic mild dehydration might even contribute to a higher risk of developing urinary tract infections, high blood pressure, heart disease, and strokes.
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He also added another “cooked” bacteria into his concoction, Serratia marcescens, which, when alive, can cause infections of the respiratory and urinary tracts.
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Things that are more likely to introduce bacteria into the urinary tract are risk factors.
Why your UTI keeps coming back|Cassidy Mayeda|October 22, 2021|Popular-Science
A procedure to reopen his urinary tract could have been done under local anesthesia.
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Their app, Colorimetrix, is accurate enough to monitor conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, and urinary tract infections.
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An uncomfortable urinary infection is going to feel way worse than those few minutes you spent trying to crank out your work.
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Halpern prescribes the medi-meth for patients who get recurrent urinary-tract infections—a side effect from Adderall or Ritalin.
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When I was 36 weeks pregnant, my nurse practitioner told me I had a urinary tract infection and prescribed an antibiotic.
Nurse Practitioners Playing Doctor More Often|Daniela Drake|May 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Urinary sediments may be studied under three heads: A. Unorganized sediments.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Here they are seldom abundant, but their constant presence is the most reliable urinary sign of the disease.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Their usual source is the deeper layers of the urinary tract, especially of the bladder.
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In suppurations of the urinary tract pus-producing organisms may be found.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for urinary

urinary

/ (ˈjʊərɪnərɪ) /

adjective

anatomy of or relating to urine or to the organs and structures that secrete and pass urine

noun plural -naries

a reservoir for urine

another word for urinal

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