urine

urine
\ \ [14] Urine comes via Old French urine from Latin ūrīna, which may be related to Greek oúronurine’ (source of English urea [19], ureter [16], urethra [17], and uric [18]) and Sanskrit varsa- ‘rain’. Urinal [13] comes from the late Latin derivative ūrīnālis.

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  • urine — [ yrin ] n. f. • XIIe var. orine; lat. pop. °aurina, d apr. aurum « or », à cause de la couleur; lat. urina ♦ Liquide organique clair et ambré, limpide, odorant, qui se forme dans le rein, séjourne dans la vessie et est évacué par l urètre… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Urine — U rine, n. [F. urine, L. urina; akin to urinari to plunge under water, to dive, Gr. ? urine; cf. Skr. v[=a]r water, Icel. ?r drizzling rain, AS. w[ae]r the sea.] (Physiol.) In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • urine — early 14c., from O.Fr. urine (12c.), from L. urina urine, from PIE *ur (Cf. Gk. ouron urine ), variant of root *awer to moisten, flow (Cf. Skt. var water, Avestan var rain, Lith. jures sea, O.E. wær …   Etymology dictionary

  • urine — Urine, Lotium, Vrina. Quand une urine en pissant est ainsi tortuë comme celle d un porceau qui pisse, Vrina tortuosa. Urine graveleuse, pleine de gravelle. Vrina arenosa …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • urine — [yoor′in] n. [OFr < L urina, urine < IE * ūr , var. of base * awer , to moisten, flow > WATER, Gr ouron, urine] a waste product of vertebrates and many invertebrates, secreted by the kidneys or other excretory structures: in mammals, it… …   English World dictionary

  • Urine — U rine, v. i. To urinate. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • urine — ► NOUN ▪ a pale yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra, consisting of excess water and waste substances removed from the blood by the kidneys. ORIGIN Latin urina …   English terms dictionary

  • Urine — (from Latin Urina, ae, f.) is a typically sterile (in the absence of a disease condition)[1] liquid by product of the body that is secreted by the kidneys through a process called urination and excreted through the urethra. Cellular metabolism… …   Wikipedia

  • Urine — Un flacon d urine récolté en vue d analyses en laboratoire. L urine est un liquide organique composé des déchets de l organisme. L urine est secrétée par les reins par filtration du sang, puis par récupération des molécules de l urine… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • urine — (u ri n ) s. f. Liquide excrémentitiel sécrété par les reins, d où il coule, par les uretères, dans la vessie, qui, après l avoir conservé en dépôt pendant quelque temps, le chasse au dehors par l urèthre en se contractant. Suppression d urine.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • urine — /yoor in/, n. the liquid to semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid. [1275 1325; ME < OF < L urina] * * * Liquid solution of metabolic wastes and other, often toxic, substances… …   Universalium

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