Ureters
noun, Anatomy, Zoology.
1.
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
noun
1.
the tube that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca
ureter u·re·ter (yu-rē’tər, yur’ĭ-tər)
n.
The long narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
u·re’ter·al or u’re·ter’ic (yur’ĭ-těr’ĭk) adj.
ureter
(y-rē’tər, yr’ĭ-tər)
Either of two long, narrow ducts that in vertebrates carry urine from each kidney to the urinary bladder.
ureters [(yoor-uh-tuhrz, yoo-ree-tuhrz)]
The tubes that carry urine from each kidney to the urinary bladder.
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