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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

Hemorrhages into the stroma of the kidneys, the Malpighian tufts, and the uriniferous tubules arrest urinary secretion, and thus entail death.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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.

Although secreted by the cells lining the uriniferous tubules, it is not formed in the kidneys.

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

In what do the uriniferous tubes have their beginning?

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