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uriniferous

American  
[yoor-uh-nif-er-uhs] / ˌyʊər əˈnɪf ər əs /

adjective

  1. conveying urine.


uriniferous British  
/ ˌjʊərɪˈnɪfərəs /

adjective

  1. conveying urine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of uriniferous

First recorded in 1735–45; urine + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

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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

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 Michener, Charles B.

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 Michener, Charles B.

In what do the uriniferous tubes have their beginning?

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

The apices of these cones, known as the papillæ, are crowded with minute openings, the mouths of the uriniferous tubules, which form the substance of the kidney.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.