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An apparatus for the determination of the amount of urea in urine, in which the nitrogen evolved by the action of certain reagents, on a given volume of urine, is collected and measured, and the urea calculated accordingly.

The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.

The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.

Of or pertaining to the urine; diuretic; urinary; as, uretic medicine.

Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric acid. Uric acid, a crystalline body, present in small quantity in the urine of man and most mammals. Combined in the form of urate of ammonia, it is the chief constituent of the urine of birds and reptiles, forming the white part. Traces of it are also found in t…

A vessel for holding urine; especially, a bottle or tube for holding urine for inspection.

A reservoir for urine, etc., for manure.

Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions.

To discharge urine; to make water.

The act or process of voiding urine; micturition.

Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic. [R.] Bacon.

Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.

Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.

A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.

The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.

Of or pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities; having the character or odor of urine; similar to urine. Arbuthnot.

A combining form fr. Gr. o'y^ron, urine.

A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.

A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.

A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.