urine
noun
Simple meaning
Liquid waste made up of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈjɝən
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Definition
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noun
physiology
Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: (physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
Used this way, urine is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use urine
- “There was blood in his urine.”noun
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Word Family
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Word family
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The discharge of urine.
A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
Related to Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
The chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis).
Pass after the manner of urine.
Holding urine in the urinary bladder.
The system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine.
The organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine.
The system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine.
Related Words
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Synonyms
Sense: liquid waste consisting of water or salts
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