urethra
noun
Simple meaning
Duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct.
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noun
anatomy
Duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct
anatomy
The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
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Of or relating to the urethra.
A striated sphincter muscle that constricts the urethra.
A striated sphincter muscle that constricts the urethra.
Either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra.
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