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urine
CEFRB2
/ˈjʊəɹɪn/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The liquid waste passed from the body through the bladder.
- 02
noun
Extra detailTo urinate.
Examples
Albumin was found in my urine before.
Please leave a urine sample in this cup.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈjʊəɹaɪn/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningLiquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
More examples
In contextHe got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense.