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

Of or pertaining to the urethra. Urethral fever (Med.), fever occurring as a consequence of operations upon the urethra.

Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.

perature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc.

anals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine. Eustachian catheter. See under Eustachian. -- Prostatic catheter, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.

Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.

An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator.

An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.

False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments. -- False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another. -- False pretenses (Law), false representations co…

A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea. Hoblyn.

A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap.

A deformity of the penis, in which the urethra opens upon its under surface.

A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.

An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.

he males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra. -- n.

To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.

lar area on the inner surface of the bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra.

Inflammation of the urethra.

An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra. -- U*re`thro*plas"tic, a.