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urine.

Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjʊəɹɪn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈjʊəɹaɪn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈjʊɹɪn/General-American/ˈjɝɪn/General-American
  1. Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈjʊəɹɪn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈjʊəɹaɪn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈjʊɹɪn/General-American/ˈjɝɪn/General-American
  1. To urinate.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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.

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