: 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
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However, urine test results are now less accurate than blood test results.
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Lauryn Higgins, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
He was given one year of probation and ordered to maintain employment, submit to random urine screens, perform 25 hours of community service and pay more than $7,000 in restitution to the victim.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
They have been attacked with pepper spray, burned with hot coffee, and doused in urine and spit.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
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The Baylor team leveraged the fact that many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, infect urinary or gastrointestinal cells, thereby shedding into urine and feces — and thus wastewater.
—Simar Bajaj, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
The smell of urine and feces permeates the infirmary.
—ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2024
In eastern Australia, this included the deadly Hendra virus, which the flying foxes shed in their urine and feces.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
For What’s Happening Researchers can analyze the proteins present in a variety of tissues, from biopsies of tumors to biological fluids including blood, saliva, urine, tears or breast milk.
—Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
During a four-hour procedure earlier this month, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital connected the pig kidney's blood vessels and ureter -- the duct that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder -- with those of 62-year-old Richard Slayman, a man living with end-stage kidney disease.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
Lauryn Higgins, Health, 16 Apr. 2024
He was given one year of probation and ordered to maintain employment, submit to random urine screens, perform 25 hours of community service and pay more than $7,000 in restitution to the victim.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
They have been attacked with pepper spray, burned with hot coffee, and doused in urine and spit.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
Related: Male birth control research wins audience over at STAT Madness event
The Baylor team leveraged the fact that many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, infect urinary or gastrointestinal cells, thereby shedding into urine and feces — and thus wastewater.
—Simar Bajaj, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024
The smell of urine and feces permeates the infirmary.
—ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2024
In eastern Australia, this included the deadly Hendra virus, which the flying foxes shed in their urine and feces.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
For What’s Happening Researchers can analyze the proteins present in a variety of tissues, from biopsies of tumors to biological fluids including blood, saliva, urine, tears or breast milk.
—Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
During a four-hour procedure earlier this month, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital connected the pig kidney's blood vessels and ureter -- the duct that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder -- with those of 62-year-old Richard Slayman, a man living with end-stage kidney disease.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
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urine
noun
: waste material that is secreted by the kidneys, is rich in the end products of protein breakdown, and is usually a yellowish liquid in mammals but semisolid in birds and reptiles
Medical Definition
urine
noun
: waste material that is secreted by the kidney, is rich in end products (as urea, uric acid, and creatinine) of protein metabolism together with salts and pigments, and forms a clear amber and usually slightly acid fluid
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