urinary

English

Etymology

From New Latin ūrīnārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹɪn(ə)ɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

urinary (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to urine, its production, function, or excretion.
2. Of or relating to the organs involved in the formation and excretion of urine.

Synonyms

• uretic
• -uretic
• urino-
• urinal (adj)

Derived terms

• gastrourinary
• genitourinary
• urinary bladder
• urinary cast
• urinary meatus
• urinary system
• urinary tract
• urinary tract infection

 

Related terms

• urology

Translations

urinary

• Arabic: بَوْلِيّ m (bawliyy)
• Bulgarian: пикочен (pikočen)
• Catalan: urinari (ca)
• Czech: močový (cs)
• Esperanto: urina (eo)
• Finnish: virtsa- (fi)
• French: urinaire (fr)
• Greek: ουρικός (el) (ourikós)
• Hungarian: vizeleti
• Italian: urinario (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: میزی (mîzî)

• Norwegian: urin- (no)
• Persian: ادراری (fa) (edrâri)
• Portuguese: urinário (pt)
• Romanian: urinar (ro)
• Russian: мочево́й (ru) (močevój)
• Spanish: urinario (es)
• Turkish: idrarsal, üriner
• Ukrainian: сечови́й (sečovýj)

Noun

urinary (plural urinaries)

1. (archaic) A urinary device or fixture: a urinal.
   • 1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8:

     Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:chamber pot