urethra

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.

noun

  1. (anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in penises, through which semen is ejaculated.

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