ureter
noun/juˈriːtə(r)/, /ˈjʊərɪtə(r)/
/ˈjʊrədər/
(anatomy)- the tube that waste liquid from the body passes through to get from the kidney to the bladderWord Originlate 16th cent.: from French uretère or modern Latin ureter, from Greek ourētēr, from ourein ‘urinate’.
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