Ureter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The long, narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The excretory duct of the kidney; a tube conveying the renal excretion (urine) to the bladder, when that structure exists, as in mammals, or into the cloaca, in case no bladder exists—in any case, into the lower part of the allantoic cavity of the fetus, however modified in adult life. See cut under kidney.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    duct    epithelial duct    canal    channel   
    Cross Reference
    urethra   
    Form
    ureteric    ureteral   
    Same Context
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