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urine

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Main Entry:
urine 
          Listen to the pronunciation of urine
Pronunciation:
\ˈyər-ən, ˈyr-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin urina, from urinari to dive; akin to Sanskrit vār water and perhaps to Sanskrit varṣati it rains, Greek ourein to urinate
Date:
14th century
: waste material that is secreted by the kidney in vertebrates, is rich in end products of protein metabolism together with salts and pigments, and forms a clear amber and usually slightly acid fluid in mammals but is semisolid in birds and reptiles
urin·ous 
          Listen to the pronunciation of urinous \ˈyər-ə-nəs, ˈyr-\ adjective


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