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Vinony

urethra

noun

  1. anatomical tube providing path for urine to leave the bladder
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /jʊəˈɹiːθɹə/ / /jʊˈɹiθɹə/

noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.

  1. The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.