Urine

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Urine \U"rine\, v. i.
     To urinate. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Urine \U"rine\, n. [F. urine, L. urina; akin to urinari to
     plunge under water, to dive, Gr. ? urine; cf. Skr. v[=a]r
     water, Icel. ?r drizzling rain, AS. w[ae]r the sea.]
     (Physiol.)
     In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and
     reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.
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     Note: In man, the urine is a clear, transparent fluid of an
           amber color and peculiar odor, with an average density
           of 1.02. The average amount excreted in 24 hours is
           from 40 to 60 ounces (about 1,200 cubic centimeters).
           Chemically, the urine is mainly an aqueous solution of
           urea, salt (sodium chloride), and uric acid, together
           with some hippuric acid and peculiar pigments. It
           usually has an acid reaction, owing to the presence of
           acid phosphates of soda or free uric acid. Normally, it
           contains about 960 parts of water to 40 parts of solid
           matter, and the daily average excretion is 35 grams
           (540 grains) of urea, 0.75 gram (11 grains) of uric
           acid, and 16.5 grams (260 grains) of salt. Abnormally,
           it may contain sugar as in diabetes, protein as in
           Bright's disease, bile pigments as in jaundice, or
           abnormal quantities of some one or more of the normal
           constituents.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  urine
       n : liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine";
           "the child had to make water" [syn: {piss}, {pee}, {piddle},
            {weewee}, {water}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "urine":
     chyle, colostrum, discharge, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma,
     lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, micturition, milk, mucor,
     mucus, peccant humor, pee, pee-pee, phlegm, piddle, pish, piss,
     purulence, pus, rheum, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, snot,
     stale, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urea,
     urination, water, wee-wee