ureter

[ yoo-ree-ter ]

noun

, Anatomy, Zoology.

1. a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.

ureter

/ ˌjʊərɪˈtɛrɪk; jʊˈriːtə /

noun

1. the tube that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca

ureter

/ y-rē′tər,yr′ĭ-tər /

1. Either of two long, narrow ducts that in vertebrates carry urine from each kidney to the urinary bladder.

Derived Forms

• uˈreteral, adjective

Other Words From

• u·re·ter·al u·re·ter·ic [y, oo, r-i-, ter, -ik], adjective
• post·u·re·ter·al adjective
• post·u·re·ter·ic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ureter¹

First recorded in 1570–80; from New Latin ūrētēr, from Greek ourētḗr, equivalent to ourē- (derivative stem of oureîn) + -tēr noun suffix; urinate )

Word History and Origins

Origin of ureter¹

C16: via New Latin from Greek ourētēr, from ourein to urinate

Example Sentences

Each ureter dilates at its lower end into an elongated wide tube, which continues to receive the ducts from the kidneys.

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Analogy would certainly lead us to expect the ureter to serve in Ganoids as the vas deferens.

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In the female Proteus, on the other hand, the separation into a Mllerian duct and a ureter is quite complete.

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The lumen is not, as might be expected, completely circumscribed by the wall of the ureter, but only dorsally and to the sides.

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The ureter (d), which has the same fundamental constitution as in the female.

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