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urethra
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In anatomy , the urethra (from Greek οὐρήθρα – ourḗthrā ) is a tube that connects the urinary bladder to the urinary meatus for the removal of fluids from the body. In male placental mammals , the urethra travels through the penis , and carries semen as ...
Wiktionary
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n. (context anatomy English) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in males, through which semen is ejaculated.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Both slides and cultures from the cervix and urethra were negative for gonorrhoea and were duly repeated. ▪ Firstly they prevent the bacteria that cause urine infections from sticking to the skin cells in the bladder and urethra ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder," 1630s, from Late Latin urethra , from Greek ourethra "the passage for urine," coined by Hippocrates from ourein "to urinate," from ouron (see urine ). Related: Urethral .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Urethra \U*re"thra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See Urine .] (Anat.) The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.
Usage examples of urethra.
The commonly associated defects are: More or less completely septate bladder, atresia ani, or more rarely double anus, double urethra, increased breadth of the bony pelvis with defect of the symphysis pubis, and possibly duplication of the lower end of the spine, and hernia of some of the abdominal contents into a perineal pouch.
Hulke reports a case of congenital atresia of the vagina in a brunette of twenty, menstruation occurring through the urethra.
Lacerations of the urethra from urethral coitus in instances of vaginal atresia or imperforate hymen may also excite serious hemorrhage.
She acquired this mania after an attempt at dilatation of the urethra in the relief of an obstinate case of strangury.
Hall relates the case of a woman of sixty, from whose bladder, by dilatation of the urethra, was removed a bundle of hairs two inches long, which, Hall says, without a doubt had grown from the vesical walls.
Frequent use of the catheter, without any treatment to prevent the further enlargement of the diseased gland, or to reduce its size, permits the part to go on enlarging, and, besides, the constant use of the catheter irritates the prostatic portion of the urethra, causing thickening of the lining membrane, and sooner or later a more or less complete organic stricture of this canal, depending upon thickening of the lining mucous membrane, as well as upon the encroachment of the gland itself upon this canal.
The tongue sourced there has thinned to fit the urethra and has bifurcated many times within our bellies.
In the male the third has a maximum diameter of about one quarter inch and threads its way through the urethra.
Bullhead clap was the moniker assigned to cases where the Neisseria organism infected the inner foreskin of uncircumcised males as well as the urethra, its normal habitat.
Investigation has shown that the women were obliged to stand up on account of elongated nymphae and labia, while the men sought a sitting posture on account of the termination of the urethra being on the inferior side of the base of the penis, artificially formed there in order to prevent conception.
As the pleasurable orgasmic contractions propel semen through the urethra, he will retain his tight grip on the shaft and continue massaging the frenulum and glans, maximizing the pleasure and stroking through the orgasm and its first expulsion of ejaculate.
The thermometer was variously placed in the mouth, anus, axilla, popliteal space, groin, urethra, and different instruments were from time to time employed.
Irritation is set up in the urethra behind the stricture by undue strain in passing water, and the frequent reoccurrence of acrid urine, as the result of any of the causes we have already mentioned, this irritation keeps gradually increasing.
Zacutus Lusitanus describes an infant with an imperforate membrane over its anus who voided feces through the urethra for three months.
These glands are most numerous in the Pharynx, Esophagus, Trachea, Bronchia, Vagina and Urethra.