Urine Meaning
/ˈjʊəɹɪn/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounLiquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
verbTo urinate.
Sentence Examples
Albumin was found in my urine before.
Please leave a urine sample in this cup.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse asked the patient to provide a ____ sample for a urinary tract infection test.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor asked for a sample of ____ so that he could perform several medical tests in the laboratory today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
"He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine."
— 1814, The Medical and Physical Journal, volume 31, page 226:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse asked the patient to provide a ____ sample for a urinary tract infection test.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor asked for a sample of ____ so that he could perform several medical tests in the laboratory today.