urine
Americannoun
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urines
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of urine
1275–1325; Middle English < Old French < Latin ūrīna
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BBC News has seen samples of stolen "fitness-for-work" medical examinations containing information such as blood and urine test results, along with doctors' notes mentioning conditions including a "shellfish and banana allergy".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The data pointed to the drug’s potential to reduce the so-called urine protein-to-creatinine ratio, which is associated with the preservation of long-term kidney function, Roche said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Remarkably, cats continued to show reduced responses to previously encountered urine odors even after gaps lasting months.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Their experiments point to a group of unusual fatty acids that could serve as a lasting chemical signature in cat urine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The wet smell of feces and urine hovered over us like a filthy blanket.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
After receiving a signal that “the urines were ready,” he changed from his lab coat into a Russian national team sweatshirt and left his fourth-floor office, typically after midnight.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2016
It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg
From acid urines, uric acid is frequently deposited, on standing in a cool place, in the form of a reddish yellow sediment, nearly always crystalline.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg
Why, sir, I do not-ask you of their urines, Whose smell's most violet, or whose siege is best, Or who makes hardest faces on her stool?
From Sejanus: His Fall by Ben Jonson
Contact with ammoniacal and sugar urines has a similar effect.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
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