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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Latin
Origin: Greek ourethra, from ourein 'to urinate'

urethra

 noun
     
Related topics: Biology, Human
u‧re‧thra [countable]
technicalHB the tube through which waste liquid flows out of the body from the bladder and also through which the semen of males flows
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