Webster's Dictionary 1913

2377

Urinative

U″ri‐na‐tive (?), a. Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic. Bacon.

2378

Urinator

U″ri‐na′tor (?), n. [L., from urinari to plunge under water, to dive.] One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver. Ray.

2379

Urine

U″rine (?), n. [F. urine, L. urina; akin to urinari to plunge under water, to dive, Gr. � urine; cf. Skr. vār water, Icel. �r drizzling rain, AS. wær the sea.] (Physiol.) In mam...

2380

Urine (2)

U″rine, v. i. To urinate. Bacon.

2381

Uriniferous

U′ri‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. [Urine + -ferous.] Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.

2382

Uriniparous

U′ri‐nip″a‐rous (?), a. [Urine + L. parere to produce: cf. F. urinipare.] (Physiol.) Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.

2383

Urinogenital

U′ri‐no‐gen″i‐tal (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.

2384

Urinometer

U′ri‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Urine + -meter.] A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.

2385

Urinometry

U′ri‐nom″e‐try (?), n. The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.

2386

Urinose

{ U″ri‐nose (?), U″ri‐nous (?), } a. [Cf. F. urineux. See Urine.] Of or pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities; having the character or odor of urine; similar to uri...

2387

Urite

U″rite (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.

2388

Urith

U″rith (?), n. The bindings of a hedge. Halliwell.

2389

Urn

Urn (?), n. [OE. urne, L. urna; perhaps fr. urere to burn, and sop called as being made of burnt clay (cf. East): cf. F. urne.]1. A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furni...

2390

Urn (2)

Urn, v. t. To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn.When horror universal shall descend,And heaven's dark concave urn all human race. Young.

2391

Urn-shaped

Urn″–shaped′ (?), a. Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.

2392

Urnal

Urn″al (?), a. Of or pertaining to an urn; effected by an urn or urns. “Urnal interments.” Sir T. Browne.

2393

Urnful

Urn″ful (?), n.; pl.Urnfuls (�). As much as an urn will hold; enough to fill an urn.

2394

Uro-

U″ro– (?). A combining form fr. Gr. οὐ̑ρον, urine.

2395

Uro- (2)

U″ro–. A combining form from Gr. ουρἄ, the tail, the caudal extremity.

2396

Urobilin

U′ro‐bi″lin (?), n. [1st uro- + bile + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in ...

2397

Urocele

U″ro‐cele (?), n. [1st uro + Gr. � tumor.] (Med.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.

2398

Urocerata

‖U′ro‐cer″a‐ta (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail.

2399

Urochord

U″ro‐chord (?), n. [2d uro- + chord.] (Zoöl.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates. [Written also urocord.]

2400

Urochorda

‖U′ro‐chor″da (?), n. pl. [NL. See Urochord.] (Zoöl.) Same as Tunicata.

2401

Urochordal

U′ro‐chor″dal (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.

2402

Urochrome

U″ro‐chrome (?), n. [1st uro- + Gr. � color.] (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by M...

2403

Urochs

U″rochs (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Aurochs.