Main Entry:

urine

Pronunciation:

\ˈyər-ən, ˈyu̇r-\

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 \ˈyər-ə-nəs, ˈyu̇r-\ adjective