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Urinary adj.

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

Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine.

Urinary calculus (Med.), a concretion composed of some one or more crystalline constituents of the urine, liable to be found in any portion of the urinary passages or in the pelvis of the kidney.

Urinary pigments, (Physiol. Chem.), certain colored substances, urochrome, or urobilin, uroerythrin, etc., present in the urine together with indican, a colorless substance which by oxidation is convertible into colored bodies.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Urinary" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the excessive urinary discharge which is so strong a feature of this disease. The body seems as if it were ...

— Papers on Health • John Kirk

... pints, or even more. It is usually of pale colour, and of thicker consistence than normal urine, possesses a decidedly sweet taste, and is of high specific gravity (1030 to 1050). It frequently gives rise to considerable irritation of the urinary passages. ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 - "Destructors" to "Diameter" • Various

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