uriniferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of uriniferous
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
Although secreted by the cells lining the uriniferous tubules, it is not formed in the kidneys.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
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
Casts of the uriniferous tubes can be seen only by placing the suspected urine under the microscope.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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 Albert F. Blaisdell
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