collecting duct

1 of 2

noun (1)

variants or less commonly collecting tubule

: a duct that receives and concentrates urine from the distal convoluted tubule of nephrons and discharges it into the renal pelvis

collecting tubule

2 of 2

noun (2)

1

: collecting duct

2

or less commonly connecting tubule : a tubule that connects the distal convoluted tubule of the nephron with the collecting duct

Examples of collecting duct in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

These adjustments result from the mobilization armies of AQP-2 water channels, numbering about 12 million per collecting duct cell. —Tamara Hew-Butler, CNN, 5 May 2021

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1906, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1879, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for collecting duct

• abduct
• conduct
• construct
• deduct
• destruct
• induct
• instruct
• obstruct
• aqueduct
• deconstruct
• reconstruct
• bucked

Medical Definition

collecting duct

noun

variants also collecting tubule

: a duct that receives and concentrates urine from the distal convoluted tubule of nephrons and discharges it into the calyces of the renal pelvis