uriniferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of uriniferous
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Despite its loud gloom, its indecent crowding, its filth and uriniferous odors, New York City's swift, nickel-fare, 244-mile municipal subway system is the envy of other U.S. cities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Removed by the uriniferous tubules of the kidneys and to a small extent by the perspiratory glands.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
Again, in bleeding from the kidney, minute, cylindrical clots inclosing blood globules and formed in the uriniferous tubes can be detected under the microscope.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Renal calculi.—These may consist of minute, almost microscopic, deposits in the uriniferous tubes in the substance of the kidney, but more commonly they are large masses and lodged in the pelvis.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
This consists of mucus, albumen, pus, hyaline casts of the uriniferous tubes, epithelial cells, blood, etc., mainly agents that belong to the class of colloid or noncrystalline bodies.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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